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The Right Sort of Talk (May 30th, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Register editor concurs with an editorial in the Hagerstown Herald calling for coercion to silence "Tories" or force them to leave
Full DetailsMail Office Gutted (May 30th, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Civilians in Hagerstown, upset by the Federal defeat at Front Royal, VA, vandalize the Hagerstown Mail office and Nathaniel Sehner's store
Full DetailsHome Guards (May 30th, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Home Guards receive arms; secessionists must either submit to the government or leave town
Full DetailsMr. John H. Cook… [The News] (May 30th, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: John H. Cook of Hagerstown loses $2,000 of goods from Martinsburg, VA, store after retreat of Gen. Banks' army
Full DetailsCapt. Wm B. Kennedy… [The News] (May 30th, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Capt. Wm. B. Kennedy of Williamsport appointed Major of 3d MD Regt.
Full DetailsRetreat of General Banks (May 30th, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Gen. Banks has pulled back from Strausburg to Winchester and Martinsburg
Full DetailsArrest of Deserters (May 30th, 1862)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: Several members of Col. Maulsby's regiment, in Westminster for several day, were arrested on Tuesday as deserters
Full DetailsThe Union Men from Virginia (June 4th, 1862)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: From Harpers Ferry to Hancock, many VA Union men have crossed the Potomac river as refugees
Full DetailsMade Prisoner (June 4th, 1862)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: The Boonsboro Odd Fellow reports that B.F. Cronise of Sharpsburg was arrested by Ashby's cavalry in Shepherdstown.
Full DetailsA Lively Time (June 4th, 1862)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Business is booming in Hagerstown because of the "influx of strangers." War "has its bright side…."
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