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Confined at Hard Labor

Summary

Maj. Geo. E. Shearer, former resident of Frederick, has been convicted "as a guerilla" by court martial and sentenced to hard labor for 15 years at Ft. Delaware.

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Newspaper: The Frederick Examiner

Publication Date: September 7th, 1864

Page/Column: 2F

Town: Frederick, MD

County: Frederick

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  • Local Soldiers

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