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Attention Company! (November 1st, 1861)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Advertisement for Holloway's Pills and Ointments aimed at army volunteers.
Full DetailsKeeping Voters from the Polls (November 6th, 1861)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Tories are using "every dishonorable means" to keep Union voters from the polls. including telling them they will have to march through a file of soldiers.
Full DetailsThe Hour is at Hand! (November 6th, 1861)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Editorial discussing the County elections, "To-day the people of Washington County, in conjunction with those of the entire State, will have the last and only opportunity offered them of declaring through the ballot-box their fidelity or hostility to the Federal Government." Accuses the "Tory-hearted admirers of Jefferson Davis and his rebel Government" of hiding behind false names like the "National Democrats" in Baltimore, the "Southern Rights men" in some Eastern Shore counties, "State's Right's men," in the "some of the lower counties of the Western Shore," and "Union Democrats" in Allegany County, and "Peace Men" in Washington, D.C.
Full DetailsWashington Co. Boys (November 6th, 1861)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Report of an engagement near Romney, WV by Col. Johns praises "Dr. Fiery's Company of Dragoons, nearly all of whom are from the Clear Spring and Indian Spring Districts" in Washington County, for "drawing the fire of the enemy from my regiment at the bridge."
Full DetailsVote Early! (November 6th, 1861)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Editorial advising voters to vote early and compares the polls to a battle.
Full DetailsShowing its Teeth (November 6th, 1861)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Editorial disagreeing with the Hagerstown Mail's assertion that if Bradford is elected governor of MD along with a Unionist legislature then "we shall have Civil War in Maryland..." along with a draft for federal soldiers. Claims the federal government has plenty of volunteer soldiers and that it is the Confederacy that does have a "conscript system."
Full DetailsArrival of a Splendid Regiment (November 6th, 1861)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: 39th IL Regt. with 900 men passed through Hagerstown Friday night under command of Col. Light going to Williamsport to join Gen. Lamon's Brigade. 43rd IL Regt. also going there. Some of the 39th Regt. came from Ogle and Lee counties IL and "are sons of former citizens of this county [Washington Co.]..." Regt. includes a band and drum and fife corps. Traveled here from St. Louis where they were in Gen. Siegel's division of the army in MO.
Full DetailsUnion Nominees for District Officers! (November 6th, 1861)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: List of the "Union nominees for Magistrates, Constables, and Supervisors in the several Election Districts of Washington County." Names listed for each district (1-15).
Full DetailsUnion Meetings (November 6th, 1861)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Article stating that the Union meetings were held in the Election Districts of Washington County during the week, "were well attended, and were addressed by Messrs. Fiery, Findlay and Gallagher, and other gentlemen…"
Full Details(November 7th, 1861)
>From The Carroll County Democrat; Westminster, MD
Summary: The debate over secession is over - the only question now is whether to continue the war
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