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Exchanged (September 11th, 1863)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Wm. T. Duvall of Ridgeville, Frederick Co., exchanged after being taken by Fitzhugh Lee's cavalry in September 1862
Full DetailsLand Purchased for Indianans at Gettysburg (September 11th, 1863)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Gov. Morton purchased land on Gettysburg battlefield on which remains of all Indianans who fell during battle will be buried and monument erected
Full DetailsAbout 15 or 20… (September 11th, 1863)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Women of Westminster arrested for disloyalty and feeding Rebels during recent invasion; discharged on taking oath of allegiance
Full DetailsNew Company of Volunteers from Hancock (September 11th, 1863)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Company of 60 volunteers from Hancock, Wash. Co., left for Baltimore
Full DetailsCapture of Guerillas in Frederick County (September 16th, 1863)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: A report of the action of several citizens of Frederick County who encountered 7 guerillas suspected of stealing horses on Catoctin Mountain. Four of the guerillas were captured. The leader, on horseback, and two men on foot got away, but the leader was supposed to be wounded. The captured men were from Baltimore. They gave their names as Lee, Syington, Barrett and Clayton. Three of them indicated they were going "South." They were put in jail in Frederick awaiting action of the grand jury.
Full DetailsRunaway Negroes (September 16th, 1863)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: 3 African American women ran away from Isaac P. Remsburg, their owner, who resides near Brownsville, Washington County, on the 26th ult. He offers a $100 reward for their return. Last Tuesday night a Negro girl belonging to Adam Koogle ran away from his home near Middletown. [from Middletown Register]
Full DetailsThe Primary Meetings (September 16th, 1863)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: A reminder from the Union Central Committee of the upcoming Primary Meetings in each district of Washington Co. The purpose of the primary meetings is to select delegates to the County Convention to be held Oct. 3. The convention will be selecting candidates for a number of important offices and the paper urges that citizens must take advantage of their ability to attend the primary meetings and continue to have their influence felt and voices heard. "Let there be a general turnout of the loyal voters of each district, so that each may be fairly and properly represented in the Convention."
Full DetailsAnniversaries of Battles (September 16th, 1863)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Reminder that the Battle of South Mountain took place one year before on September 14th and the Battle of Antietam took place on September 17th. Although at present these anniversaries cannot be properly observed, in the future they will be. Much has changed in a year since the everything was laid waste, crops destroyed and death everywhere. Now the crops are growing again and fences repaired, but "the long rows of graves 'where sleep the brave,' each with its little pine board" are reminders of what took place. "The graves...are the sad monuments of the destruction of human life in those terrible battles."
Full DetailsA Dangerous Practice (September 16th, 1863)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: The paper urges parents of Hagerstown youngsters to stop their children from playing war games - throwing stones and firing pistols. The children have learned the ways of war and play at it at their own peril and that of others. They even have devised "ambulances" to take away the "wounded." Recently, a boy was shot in one of these games and narrowly escaped death.
Full DetailsThe Enrollment in No. 3 (September 16th, 1863)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: B. F. Kendall, the enrolling officer in District Three, lists the enrollment numbers in Classes 1, 2 and 3. Enrollment has been completed in Washington Co. but not in the other counties.
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