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Office of the Provost Marshal (August 3rd, 1864)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Notice: Provost Marshal Maj. Yellott requests that loyal persons give him the names of those who pointed out the homes and properties of Union men during the rebel raids or entertained the Rebels or otherwise aided them.
Full DetailsHonorably Acquitted (August 10th, 1864)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Frank Houser, telegraph operator at Monocacy Junction, was arrested for disloyalty but has been acquitted and restored to his position.
Full DetailsDisappointed (August 10th, 1864)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Rebels are disappointed after General Hunt's orders because they are not being sent to war as originally designed
Full DetailsRe-arrested (August 10th, 1864)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: The rebel symphatisers who were arrested by order of Gen. Hunter last week have been re-arrested by Major Yellott, Provost Marshal of Frederick and bonded to report daily.
Full DetailsDisappointed (August 10th, 1864)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Since the suspension of Gen. Hunter's order, some "loud-mouthed Rebels" in Frederick are disappointed at not being sent off to the South as originally planned.
Full DetailsMiserable Wretches (August 10th, 1864)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: The Examiner expresses its disgust at a Frederick lady who said "she approved the wholesale destruction of Chambersburg" and hinted that Frederick would soon "b laid in ashes."
Full DetailsSkedaddlers (August 10th, 1864)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Rebel sympathizers fled Frederick before Gen. Hunter's banishment orders could be carried out, including many ladies ("fair traitors").
Full DetailsCall for a Meeting (August 10th, 1864)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: The Frederick County Commissioners have called a meeting to consider a plan to raise the county's quota under the President's proclamation, possibly including a bounty to volunteers, so as to minimize the effect of the draft.
Full DetailsHospital Report (August 10th, 1864)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Hospital Report for the U.S.A. General Hospital, Frederick, for the week ending Aug. 6, 1864, with a list of the dead.
Full DetailsReturned (August 10th, 1864)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: James Norris of the Republican Citizen, who was banished to the South, has returned as the rebels wouldn’t receive him He was released by the Provost Marshal at Harpers Ferry. No word about the Baughman family.
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