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Volunteers and Conscripts (August 20th, 1862)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Drafted men get 11 dollars a month with no bounty or premium, volunteers get 13 dollars a month and, for a limited time, a premium/bounty of $200.
Full DetailsRecruiting (August 20th, 1862)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Recruiting has been very animated. Capt. McKechney's company is filled, M. Rouzer has recruited 68 from Mechanicstown. Lieutenants. Goldsborough and Winchester, Messrs. Bennett and Dixon are active in Frederick, Lt. Bregonier in Middletown.
Full DetailsDeclined to Take the Oath (August 20th, 1862)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Hagerstown Herald reports that Preizman, Stonebraker, Judge Mason, Samuel Mock have refused to take the oath of allegiance and have been jailed, Judge Mason at Ft. McHenry
Full DetailsThe Draft (August 20th, 1862)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Frederick County will have to provide 600 men (out of 8582 drafted in the state), a number which concerns many that Union supporters who are taken into the military service will leave their families to the ravages of Confederate raiders
Full DetailsA True Patriot (August 20th, 1862)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: John Koontz, a veteran of the War of 1812, has worked for 32 years for the B&O Railroad depot in Frederick, and now is willing to shoulder his musket in defense of his country.
Full DetailsTaken to Fort McHenry (August 20th, 1862)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Several men who refused to take the Oath of Allegiance were sent to Ft. McHenry by Provost Lt. Vorhees, 29th PA Regt.: Judge John T. Mason, Sol. Keller, Jos. Williams, David Pretzman, Samuel J. Price and Jos. Stonebraker
Full DetailsA War Speech (August 20th, 1862)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: E.F. Anderson, a law student, made a "stirring war speech" in Hagerstown and is recruiting a company.
Full DetailsThe Mail Office (August 20th, 1862)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Lieut. Ratcliff, recruiter, has made his new headquarters in the office of the Hagerstown Mail and hung an American flag from this bastion of "rebelism."
Full DetailsThe Skedaddlers (August 20th, 1862)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: To prevent men from leaving to avoid the draft, a pass is now required of "all persons liable to military duty" to go out of Washington Co.
Full DetailsMore Taking the Oath (August 20th, 1862)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: The Boonsboro "Odd Fellow" lists 60 men who have taken the Oath of Allegiance under Capt. Burns in Boonsboro.
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