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Portraits of Our Heroes (August 11th, 1863)
>From The Adams Sentinel; Gettysburg, PA
Summary: The Franklin Repository has a portrait of Gen. Meade and will have a portrait of Maj. Gen. U.S. Grant in a later issue.
Full DetailsClaim Agency (August 11th, 1863)
>From The Adams Sentinel; Gettysburg, PA
Summary: Collection of Claims against government, including Military Bounties by attorney, R. G. McCreary.
Full DetailsThe Wife to Her Volunteer Husband (August 12th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: A soldier’s wife narrates this poem to her husband, who she desires to leave the domicile and volunteer in the war effort; the wife notes that the household and farm will remain in good order under the care of herself and their children.
Full DetailsEmancipationists and Copperheads (August 12th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: In response to a message sent from the editor of the Maryland Union, the Frederick Examiner refutes their attempt at driving a wedge between Unconditional Union Party members at the upcoming county convention over an obfuscation of the difference between an “Emancipationist “ and an “Abolitionist,” with the author noting that the latter prefer federal action in violation of states’ rights.
Full DetailsSent to Fort McHenry (August 12th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Walker Y. Page, who moved to Winchester, Virginia after the Confederate retreat from Maryland in 1862, returned to the city recently and was arrested; the man was ultimately sent to Fort McHenry after failing to report to the Provost Marshal’s office the following day, as stipulated in his parole.
Full DetailsA False Alarm (August 12th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Two companies from “Cole’s Mounted Rangers” searched in the vicinity of Urbana after rumors led them to believe some 300 Confederates had crossed the Potomac and were raiding thereabouts; the rangers were unable to affirm the presence of any raiders this side of the Potomac.
Full DetailsThe Colored Recruits (August 12th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Col. Creager has been recruiting African Americans throughout Frederick and Carroll counties, and has publicly stated that he will not ask a volunteer if he is enslaved or free.
Full DetailsRelief for the Wounded (August 12th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: A list of recent donations for the relief of those wounded at Gettysburg.
Full DetailsHospital Report (August 12th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: The weekly report from the General Hospital in Frederick lists the names of ten men who perished since the last list was published; over eight hundred people are convalescing in the hospital.
Full DetailsNot True (August 14th, 1863)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Notice dispelling a rumor of Rebel raid in vicinity of Urbana
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