““Kate Sperry, of Winchester, wrote in her diary on October 26, “Bell Boyd [sic], from Martinsburg, called this afternoon, and of all fools I ever saw of the womankind, she certainly beats all — Perfect insane on the subject of men — a dark green riding dress with brass buttons down the front, a pair of Lieut. Col.’s shoulder straps — a small riding hat with a row of brass buttons on the rim from every state in the Confederacy. She is the fastest girl in Virginia or anywhere else for that matter. Since the army has been around, her senses are perfectly gone.” Boyd””
