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A New Projectile (May 16th, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Daniel S. Loy of Mechanicstown invents projectile designed to penetrate iron-clad armor and is commissioned by Ordnance Department to prepare some for testing
Full DetailsRelief for Families of Maryland Volunteers (May 16th, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Report on the appropriation of money to assist the families of Maryland volunteers, with the procedure for application in Frederick where Dr. Lewis Steiner is Agent
Full DetailsSuicide (May 16th, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Young Frederick woman commits suicide after her lover dies in battle (reprinted from Examiner)
Full DetailsIt is said that… [The News] (May 16th, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: 3rd and 4th MD Regiments and Dix Light Infantry to be consolidated under Col. De Witt
Full DetailsAt Winchester… [Died] (May 16th, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Obituary of Dennis Stull, of Cole's Rangers, killed near Bunker Hill fighting Ashby's Rebel cavalry
Full DetailsCorruption (May 16th, 1862)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: Citizen editorial castigates Examiner for rampant corruption, extravagance, and taxes of Buchanan administration, but nothing about Lincoln's government for excess government spending. Claims national debt is now a billion dollars and going up 3 million per day. Says new direct property tax to collect 2 million dollars in a time of national rebellion. Claims by Mr. Dawes, Republican of Massachusetts, that someone plundered the national treasury, with the Examiner remaining silent regarding the spending of the current administration.
Full DetailsSecession Sympathizers (May 16th, 1862)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: Southern sympathizers talk treason, slander the government and flaunt their "secession rags" but still expect the protection of all state and national laws
Full DetailsA Negro Boy (May 21st, 1862)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Notice. An 8-year-old Negro boy at the residence of John A. Wagoner is available to be "bound to a good master until…the age of 21."
Full DetailsA Washington County Soldier Killed (May 21st, 1862)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Jonathan Cross, of Washington Co., has informed the Herald that his son, John H. Cross, of the 35th Illinois Regt., Co. I, was killed at the battle of Pea Ridge, AR. An accompanying letter from his commander, Lt. Truman C. Lapham, describes the circumstances.
Full DetailsWhen For The Union And When Against It (May 22nd, 1862)
>From The Carroll County Democrat; Westminster, MD
Summary: Resolutions passed in Congress at various times are contradictory; the border states are being cheated by unprincipled rascals who are not supporting the Constitution
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