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Mr. Editor (January 30th, 1862)
>From The Carroll County Democrat; Westminster, MD

Summary: A letter to the editor, authored by “Pudens,” calls Shaw a secessionist and argues that secession is wrong at it was the federal government that recognized the legality of slavery and enforced the fugitive slave laws

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Union Relief Association (January 31st, 1862)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD

Summary: Tthe box of "goods and sundries" intended for wounded soldiers, being prepared by the Ladies Union Relief Association of Westminster, to be closed tomorrow. Articles to be sent to Mrs. Joshua Yingling, President.

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The Legislature (January 31st, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD

Summary: House of Delegates has passed the Treason bill; resolutions introduced in Senate to ask for resignation of "tory" US Senators Pearre and Kennedy

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Return of More Deserters (January 31st, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD

Summary: Soldiers from Ist MI Cavalry in charge of 20 deserters pass through Middletown

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More Artillery (January 31st, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD

Summary: A section of Best's Battery passes through Middletown on way to Hancock

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Death of a Soldier (January 31st, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD

Summary: Pvt. Richard H. Syes from Middletown Valley, of Capt. Cole's Cavalry company, died, buried in Lutheran graveyard, Middletown

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From General Bank's [sic] Command (January 31st, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD

Summary: Report of flood damage to C&O Canal dams from Dam No. 4 all the way to Cumberland; Gen. Kelly's wound very serious; news of troops at Cumberland and at Patterson's Creek, VA, rebels at Bolivar and Charles Town

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Health for the Soldier [Holloway's Pills] (January 31st, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD

Summary: Advertisement for Holloway's Pills targeting soldiers

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At Camp Worman… [Died] (January 31st, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD

Summary: Death notice of Enos Calvin Maine, Co. I, 1st Regt, Potomac Home Brigade, at Camp Worman

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The Song of the War (February 5th, 1862)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD

Summary: Text of “The Song of the War,” a patriotic poem written by Henry Harbaugh, copied from the German Reformed Messenger.

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