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For Sale (January 7th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Advertisement for sale of 18-year-old female slave, Frederick
Full DetailsFor Sale (January 7th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Advertisement : Joshua Dill, Frederick, has for sale 4 horses a and a wagon, and will hire out a male slave by the year.
Full DetailsTO SUTLERS (January 7th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Advertisement of Bibb & Co., Baltimore, for Army field ovens, tent and camp heating stoves, and portable ovens.
Full DetailsJunior Fire Company (January 7th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: At the annual meeting of the Junior Fire Company, new officers were elected for the coming year. Mr. J. W. Birely (sp.?) is president. So many of the volunteer firefighters of Frederick City have enlisted that citizens are reminded to render service to the fire companies in the event of a fire.
Full DetailsA gang of robbers (January 9th, 1863)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Three deserters from the 13th PA Cavalry Regt. went on a crime spree in Middletown Valley, claiming to belong to Whyte’s Rebel cavalry. Pursued by Henry Miller and S. Stevens, they were captured and jailed in Waynesboro, PA.
Full DetailsSeverely Burned (January 9th, 1863)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Wesley Wachter, cabinet maker of Middletown, severely burned, rescued by a party of soldiers.
Full DetailsReopening of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (January 9th, 1863)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: The B & O RR is open again from Baltimore to Wheeling and is now protected by military forces under Gen. Kelly at Harper's Ferry (MD Brigade) and Gen. Milroy at Winchester.
Full DetailsHenry C. Smith (January 9th, 1863)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: The “Razor strap man,” Henry C Smith, is now volunteering as a “Hospital nurse” at Camp B near Frederick. He came there after the Battle of Antietam.
Full DetailsHospital or Tent Life (January 14th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Letter describing Antietam battlefield and telling about the ordeal of James O. Ladd, wounded MA soldier. Refers to military hospitals at Antietam, Frederick, Smoketown and Locust Spring, damage to Mumma's and Lines' farms and Dunkard church.
Full DetailsReturn of “Captain” Heard (January 14th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: J. Wilson Heard, former publisher of the Frederick Herald, is back in Frederick as a prisoner, indicted for treason for recruiting for the Confederate army during its occupation of Frederick. He is in the charge of Capt. J. McLveth, 1st MD Vols.
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