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Sight Destroyed (January 20th, 1864)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Captain Vernon, of Cole's MD Cavalry, Co. A, lost the sight in his left eye during a battle with Mosby's "gang of thieves" at Loudoun Heights.
Full DetailsHospital Report (January 20th, 1864)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Official report of the sick and wounded at the U.S.A. General Hospital in Frederick
Full DetailsThe Draft (January 20th, 1864)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Long article[mostly illegible] about the postponement of the draft in Frederick County. Restoration of the right of manumission is urged, also the recruitment of slaves for military service.
Full DetailsA Letter From a Sick Soldier (January 20th, 1864)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: A sick soldier from Boston writes a letter home in which he praises Frederick's ladies for good care and attention he received at the Frederick hospital.
Full DetailsGeo F. Worthington (January 20th, 1864)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Advertisement of Geo. F. Worthington, Washington, DC, offering services to Frederick. Co. soldiers as a military claims agent through his local agent James Murdoch.
Full DetailsAn Appointment (January 20th, 1864)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Geo. A. Dean, son of William Dean of Frederick, has been appointed to the post of 3d Asst. Engineer in the U.S. Navy.
Full DetailsLines on being a Soldier (January 22nd, 1864)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Poem entitled, “Lines on Seeing a Soldier Gaze on the Stars,” by Temmie S. of Woodsboro, dated June 1861, in which a lonely sentinel dreams about those he has left behind to serve country.
Full DetailsHonor to the Glorious Dead (January 22nd, 1864)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Mr. Stockbridge of Baltimore introduced a bill in the House of Delegates to collect the remains of Union soldiers who died in the Battle of Antietam and to rebury them in a proper location, and that a monument be constructed to commemorate the battle.
Full DetailsDeath in the 7th Md Regt. (January 22nd, 1864)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Pvt. Mahlon Ambrose, Co. G, 7th MD, son of the late Jacob Ambrose, died at Culpepper Court House on Jan. 3 (1864) of chronic diarrhea. David S. Speilman, Co. I, 7th MD, of Boonsboro, also died at Culpepper Court House on Jan. 9 of rheumatism.
Full DetailsThere were 313 (January 22nd, 1864)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: As of last Friday, 313 sick and wounded soldiers remain at the General Hospital in Frederick.
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