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According to the Hagerstown Mail, Joseph Palmer of near Tilghmanton lost two young sons when a third son picked up an old soldier’s gun and it discharged.
Newspaper: The Valley Register
Publication Date: September 23rd, 1864
Page/Column: 2F
Town: Middletown, MD
County: Frederick
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