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Hospital Report (November 5th, 1862)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Hospital Report for the U.S.A. General Hospital, Frederick, for the week ending Nov.1, 1862, with a list of Union and Confederate deaths.
Full DetailsThus Saith the Lord, I Offer Thee Three Things (November 7th, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Poem by O. W. Holmes about nobility of answering the call to war.
Full DetailsBattles (November 7th, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Commentary on the difference in the experience of warfare newspaper editors and other literary types and the soldiers who carry out orders, without critical supplies, food, illness, bad roads, and poor weather.
Full DetailsIt is stated that upwards… (November 7th, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Up to 2,200 claimants for draft exemption calling on the commissioner for Frederick County and date for the draft to occur is still not known.
Full DetailsFrederick County Commissioners Resolve to Extend Provisions of Draft Bounty (November 7th, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Frederick County commissioners resolve to extend provisions for $100 per volunteer bounty, provided the county's quota of 259 mend is met before the draft date. Believed impossible to achieve, so resolution is meaningless.
Full DetailsCitizens with Ties to Middletown Remain in Rebel Custody (November 7th, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: The continued imprisonment of Perry A. Rice, G. G. Rupley, and Daniel Shafer of Mercersburg, and James Grove of Baltimore, captured by the Rebel Gen. Stuart on his cavalry raid into Pa and MD. Since no news has been heard, they are assumed to have been taken to Richmond as hostages. [Mercersburg Good Intent]
Full DetailsRebels Captured (November 7th, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Capture of Rebel pickets by Major Russell's squad under Lt. McMachen, from hill on VA side of Potomac across from Williamsport, and in an earlier foray around Cherry Run by Lt. Fiery's squad of Clear Spring, Washington Co. [from Hagerstown Herald]
Full DetailsChange of Commanders (November 7th, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Change of command to the 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 9th and 12th Corps, under command of Gens. Burnside and McClellan, following Antietam.
Full DetailsImportant Arrest (November 7th, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Benjamin F. Brown, Frederick coal dealer and commission merchant, arrested for giving information to Rebels, depositing supplies in his own warehouse and that of Brunner and Markey, resulting in destruction of goods by Rebels that they were unable to use during their occupation of the city. [from Maryland Union]
Full DetailsSent On (November 7th, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Tyler Davis and Sylvester B. Jamison, who left MD with the departing Rebel army during the September invasion, were arrested near Dam No. 4. John Riordan surrendered himself voluntarily, professing to be "heartily sick and tired of the Rebellion". All three were sent to the old Capitol Prison via Monocacy Junction. [from Examiner]
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