A Few Days Ago…
Summary
20 Quartermaster clerks charged with disloyalty or zeal in opposing Lincoln's re-election were dismissed from their jobs. One confronted Stanton about this and was told that when he receives a salary from the Administration but spends his evenings denouncing it, then he will be replaced.
Article Source
Newspaper: The Valley Register
Publication Date: December 16th, 1864
Page/Column: 1D
Town: Middletown, MD
County: Frederick
Subjects
- Civil Liberties
- Politics
