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Enrollment (October 8th, 1862)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Notice. Isaac Nesbitt, Commissioner, will be at the Court House in Hagerstown to hear draft exemption cases.
Full DetailsNotice! (October 8th, 1862)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Advertisement of George French, Hagerstown, offering "special attention to the collection of claims against the U.S. Government.
Full DetailsNotice! (October 8th, 1862)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Notice. W.H. Cress, Philadelphia, is seeking information on a missing soldier, George B. Epler, Philadelphia Grey Reserves.
Full DetailsHospital Report (October 8th, 1862)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Official report of the soldiers in the U.S.A. General Hospital in Frederick County for the week ending October 4th. The number of soldiers was 1,109. 4 were returned to duty, 2 were discharged from service, 214 were transferred to other hospitals and 23 died. The list included both Union and Confederate dead.
Full DetailsHats Off (October 8th, 1862)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Story about the battle of Antietam involving Gen. McClellan and the tattered flag of the 19 MA Regt.
Full DetailsRebel Correspondence (October 8th, 1862)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Visitor to Antietam and South Mountain battlefields collected the following correspondence from a dead Confederate soldier
Full DetailsAid for the Sick and Wounded (October 10th, 1862)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: Account of efforts by Union ladies in Carroll County to collect supplies for the military hospitals in Frederick and Washington County.
Full DetailsThe Suffering of Washington County (October 10th, 1862)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: Account of Rebel depredations in Washington County and the effects of having two armies passing through.
Full DetailsPut it Through (October 10th, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: War poem extolling "put it through", patriotic tasks unfinished, pushing for more volunteers, and lauding "Father Abram" (Lincoln) to "drive it through!"
Full DetailsRemembered and Mourned (October 10th, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Comments on the mourning for killed and injured soldiers, in poetic language.
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