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[BettyO]

Quote: Fanny does not mention Powell anywhere in her diaries other than in a general way in referring to the attackers as fiends and villains.

Thanks so much for the clarification, Ms. KAs you probably know, Dr. Verdi wrote an article (copied in the NY Sun July 25, 1873), in which he gives an indication of Fanny's gentle nature by stating that he accompanied Fanny aboard the monitor in order to identify Powell as the man who attacked her family. The girl refused to participate in that she was afraid that if she made an error in the identification, that she would cause Powell's death.