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Condition of Our Streets (April 8th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Frederick streets are falling into disrepair under frequent use by government vehicles and need to be macadamized.
Full DetailsImportant Arrest (April 8th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Miss Jamison of Frederick has been arrested after 2 wounded Confederate prisoners, released to her from the military hospital, escaped from her boarding house.
Full DetailsHospital Report (April 8th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Number of sick and wounded at the U.S.A. General Hospital in Frederick for the week ending April 3, 1863, with the names of 3 soldiers who have died.
Full DetailsTribute of Respect (April 8th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: The Bar of Frederick City met at the office of Grayson Eichelberger to pay tribute to the late Gen. James Cooper, a former member, Judge Nelson, Chairman, Chas. E. Trail, Secretary.
Full DetailsUnion Leagues in This County (April 10th, 1863)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: Movement to form a vigilance committee to denounce traitors criticized; better the vigilantes should enlist
Full DetailsFor Sale (April 10th, 1863)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: Female slave for sale as house servant
Full DetailsThe Fall Campaign (April 15th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Editorial regarding compensated emancipation, reform of the MD constitution, and the importance of electing more Unionists to the state legislature.
Full DetailsSame day and hour… (April 15th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Notice of sale at the Frederick jail of a 40-year-old female slave, L. Vanfossen, auctioneer.
Full DetailsGot His Rights (April 15th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Daniel Stewart, a Frederick man who left "September last" in order to "get his rights" with the Rebels, returned last week in "forlorn condition," professed his "hearty disgust of Rebeldom" and was promptly arrested by Maj. Greenburg, the Provost Marshal. He "repented," swore the Oath of Allegiance and was released. This occurred after he had been with the Rebels 7 months.
Full DetailsRebel Sympathy (April 15th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Horace Schell, a local man who joined the Rebel army when Lee invaded Maryland, was captured and imprisoned at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio. He died there and his remains were sent back to Frederick for burial at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. During his interment, a woman who was a Rebel sympathizer, "more zealous than considerate," tossed a small Confederate flag on his coffin which was subsequently removed. Horace was the son of the late Joseph Schell, a "highly respectable citizen."
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