Dr. Mudd Lends a Hand

[L Verge]

I have most of the same questions that Gene posed. I would first like to know from whence on the Virginia shore the party embarked. That would give us a better guess at where they landed in Maryland. Sounds like the Southern gentleman whom they first encountered in Maryland had a bit of money since she mentions plural carriages and wagons -- especially after Union troops had pretty well plundered the area.