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Skedaddled

Summary

Proprietor of Valley Register and family flee Middletown on arrival of a rebel group, returning from Harrisburg, PA, by way of Baltimore with Federal troops; Middletown without mail service, and newspaper reduced to half sheet. Claims the rebels were "invited here and set upon" the proprietor by S. D. Riddlemoser "and a few others of a like infamous character."


Article Source

Newspaper: The Valley Register

Publication Date: September 19th, 1862

Page/Column: 2A

Town: Middletown, MD

County: Frederick

Subjects

  • Civilian Divided Loyalties
  • Home Front / Effects of War

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