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Volunteering of Colored Men (August 26th, 1863)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Sixty or seventy free colored men from Clear Spring District, Washington County, have enlisted in the service and are awaiting transportation to Baltimore. Washington Co. will receive credit on the draft for these volunteers and this will greatly reduce the quota. Col. J. P. Creager said to the Frederick Examiner, on the authority of the Secretary of War, that counties will be credited with these recruits.
Full DetailsThe Sick and Wounded Soldiers (August 26th, 1863)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: A letter from "M" to the editors and readers expresses a need for the citizens of Washington County to help care for the large number of sick and wounded soldiers that have arrived. People are urged to give money or whatever they can through churches or elsewhere. The writer pleads that the appetites of sick and wounded soldiers sometimes need a variety of dishes. The people of Maryland are urged to extend the same hospitality to soldiers here as they would hope was offered to their brethren in other parts of the country where they may be fighting.
Full DetailsTrial of a Spy (August 26th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Johnny Cochren, formerly a resident of Frederick, is being tried in court at Washington, D.C. by General Slough on charges of espionage after he was captured with letters indicative of his crimes.
Full DetailsCol. Creager and Negro Recruits (August 26th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: A man from Liberty who inquired about the legality of Col. Creager’s enlistments of enslaved African Americans to military headquarters in Baltimore resulted in Brevet Brigadier General Morris “suspending said Creager’s further action.”
Full DetailsLiberty Meeting (August 26th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: A meeting of the “Union voters of Liberty District” resulted in the appointment of Thos. Hammond to petition Gen. Schenck to revoke Col. Creager’s ability to enlist slaves.
Full DetailsExciting Times (August 26th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Two men, alternately purporting to be in the service of the Confederate and Union armies, were seized while “committing many depredation on property” near Hamburg in Frederick County.
Full DetailsLutheran Church Reopening (August 26th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: The Lutheran Church in Middletown is set to reopen soon; the utilization of the building as a hospital during the fall and winter of 1862 meant the interior had to be renovated before services could be held therein once more.
Full DetailsSent South (August 26th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Dr. William Newell, formerly of Frederick, was recently forced to return to the South; Newell had been tending Confederate wounded in a hospital at Hagerstown.
Full DetailsUnconditional Union County Convention! (August 26th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: The Unconditional Union County Convention will meet in Frederick on August 29, 1863 to pick “delegates to the Congressional Convention of the Union Party,” which will be held at Hagerstown.
Full DetailsDistrict Meetings (August 26th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Members of the Unconditional Union Party in Frederick County are to meet in their local election districts to elect delegates to the “County nominating Convention.”
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