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Divine Service (April 22nd, 1863)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Reverend W. H. Keith, Chaplain of the 7th MD Regiment, will preach at the Methodist Episcopal Church of Hagerstown on Thursday evening.
Full DetailsOn the Ironsides (April 22nd, 1863)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Dr. Edward Kershner of Clear Spring was a surgeon on the Ironsides during its recent engagement in Charleston. He was on the Cumberland when it was sunk by the Merrimac and one of the last to leave that sinking ship.
Full DetailsElected Mayor of St. Joseph (April 22nd, 1863)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Thomas Harbine, Esq. formerly from Hagerstown, was re-elected mayor of St. Joseph, MO by a large majority. He was the "Unconstitutional Union" candidate.
Full DetailsLawrence Trigo (April 24th, 1863)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Lawrence Trigo of Frederick, “charged with attempting to get South, was caught near Martinsburg and taken before Col. Fish.
Full DetailsFrom the Army of the Potomac (April 29th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Union troops captured 20 prisoners, horses, and a mail bag at Port Royal and discovered new Southern General, as related by Rebel pickets: General Starvation by _____.
Full DetailsThos Davis, for slave… [Office of County Commissioners - Miscellaneous Accounts] (April 29th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: In the statement of expenses for Frederick County for 1862, a payment was given to Thos. Davis for $198.88 (?) "for Slave sold out of County"
Full DetailsMaryland, My Maryland (April 29th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Poem written in the same rhyming pattern as the traditional "Maryland, My Maryland," but this version describes the shunning of Stonewall Jackson’s forces when they entered Frederick during the Confederate invasion of September 1862. The soldiers are described as "weak and poor" and the poem is not complimentary to the Confederates.
Full DetailsFasting and Prayer (April 29th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: President Lincoln announces April 30, 1863 will be a national day of humiliation, fasting and prayer as a response to a resolution made by the U. S. Senate. Services are to be held in Frederick by various religious groups. It is hoped that businesses will be closed. The motivation for the observance is "a conviction that [the] Deity is justly offended at our national sins." The Y.M.C.A. will hold a public Union prayer meeting at the Evangelical Reformed Church and the Rev. B. H. Creever will preach at the U. S. Hospital.
Full DetailsTook the Oath (April 29th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: A group of Rebel sympathizers who went off [South] with the retreating Confederates last September and have since "returned here under various circumstances," have been arrested along with John W. Beard (?), "Captain of the band," and sent to Baltimore. After a hearing there before Col. Fish, Provost Marshal of Baltimore, they took the Oath of Allegiance and were released except for Capt. Beard who was a paroled prisoner and will probably be sent South for exchange. It is believed that those who were released were already "heartily sick of their adventure." [Original news item printed in column 2D of April 22 publication]
Full DetailsA Rebel Agent Caught (April 29th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: A Frederick city man, J. J. Cochrane, known to have harassed Burnside's Rhode Island troops in Frederick in 1861, was captured in Baltimore with incriminating items and imprisoned in Old Capital Prison in Washington. He gave the false name of James Stewart when caught, but had papers in his possession indicating his real name was Cochrane and he was a Confederate agent. He was carrying morphine, quinine and other medicines purchased in Philadelphia which were intended for the South.
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