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Thrilling Incident of the War

Summary

A scholar from VA at the convent in Frederick displayed a Confederate flag in the yard of the Novitiate hospital singing “My Maryland.” The same day Burke, the girl's father, was killed and her brothers captured in a skirmish near Shepherdstown.


Article Source

Newspaper: The Frederick Examiner

Publication Date: December 17th, 1862

Page/Column: 2C

Town: Frederick, MD

County: Frederick

Subjects

  • Soldiers' Lives
  • Home Front / Effects of War

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