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Hospital Report (November 12th, 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 November 7th. 751 soldiers were in the hospital. 7 were returned to duty and 10 died. Names of the dead were not listed.
Full DetailsNew Military Work (November 12th, 1862)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Advertisement of Smith's News Depot, Frederick, offering Brig. Gen. Silas Casey's Infantry Tactics in 3 vols.
Full DetailsOn the 27th of October…[Deaths] (November 12th, 1862)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Corp. Charles D. Crumbaugh, former employee of the Frederick Examiner, has die in St. Louis after serving in the Union armies in Missouri and Arkansas.
Full DetailsThe Harper's Ferry Commission (November 12th, 1862)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: The commission Investigating of the surrender of Harper's Ferry has closed, convicting Col. Miles of "incapacity and criminal neglect," censuring Gen. Ward and Col. Ford, but acquitting other officers of all blame.
Full DetailsTo the Benevolent (November 12th, 1862)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Notice: Frederick's Ladies Union Relief Society is now accepting food donations for local soldiers, to be sent to Mrs. G. Bantz or Mrs. M. Hart.
Full Details$1 Reward (November 12th, 1862)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Advertisement: Robert Nelson, near Walkersville, seeks the return of his runaway apprenticed servant, a colored boy, named Warner Clark.
Full DetailsThe Surrender of Harper's Ferry (November 14th, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Report on the surrender of Harper's Ferry, critical of Cols. Ford and Miles, Gens. Wool and McClellan
Full DetailsPoetry: We Are Coming Father Jefferson (November 14th, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Poem addressed to "Father Jefferson [Davis]" from Rebel troops fleeing south from ill-advised and unsuccessful invasion of Maryland.
Full DetailsA Height Taken (November 14th, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Anecdote about the taking of a height during the battle of South Mountain by Col. R. Biddle Roberts, commanding First Pennsylvania Reserves, in response to plea by Gen. Seymour for a unit to take the charge.
Full DetailsThe Last Words of A Christian Patriot (November 14th, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Anecdote including personal letters of Samuel F. Willard, a captain of the 14th Connecticut Reg. at the Battles of South Mountain and Antietam, shortly before his death, casting him as an exemplary Christian and patriot . He describes onset of battle of South Mountain from Middletown Valley, the Rebel wounded on the field after the engagement, McClellan and Burnside being cheered by troops, Rebel wounded and prisoners being glad to stop fighting. [from Journal of Commerce]
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