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Assistant Surgeon Thomas H.… (March 3rd, 1865)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Assistant Surgeon Thomas H. Helsby, USA, has been ordered to Frederick, Md., to relieve Assistant Surgeon R. F. Weir, USA, in charge of the General Hospital.
Full DetailsFrederick Recruitment (March 8th, 1865)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Notice: The Draft Committee of Frederick is offering $150 to volunteers who help meet the District’s quota for one year. When added to other bounties, the total bounty available to volunteers equals $750. John H. Keller, Pres’t; Committee: John T. Sinn, R. Bradley Tyler and R. C. Roogher.
Full DetailsCounty Bounty Board (March 8th, 1865)
>From The Herald and Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Gov. Bradford appointed three men to the Washington County Bounty Board, responsible for paying the state bounty to every volunteer, drafted man or substitute who enters the U.S. Army or Navy.
Full DetailsQuota Filled (March 8th, 1865)
>From The Herald and Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: The Hagerstown District and the entire county has met is quota of volunteers for the U.S. military, avoiding the imposition of a draft, with much credit due to William Updegraff and other committee members.
Full DetailsThe Draft (March 8th, 1865)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Orders have been issued by the Provost Marshals of this state to commence the draft in all congressional districts except the Fourth. More time will be given for recruitment of volunteers in the Fourth District before resorting to the draft. Except for Frederick City, most election districts have already raised their complement of men. The districts are giving a $150 bounty. It appears the war is nearing its end and before the current recruits have reached the battlefields, it will be over. Maryland has never shrunk from its patriotic duty.
Full DetailsHospital Report (March 8th, 1865)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Official report of the sick and wounded at the U.S.A. General Hospital, Frederick, MD for the week ending March 4, 1865. There were 1,034 in the hospital and four died. Their names were: Pvt. John Murray(?), Co. ?, 15th VA; Pvt. Samuel Miller, Co. D, 104 PA; Pvt. William B. Tryon, Co. D, 1st N Y L Cav.; and Corp. James D. Webb, Co. D, 5th Alabama.
Full DetailsWhat Kind of Loyalty (March 9th, 1865)
>From The Western Maryland Democrat; Westminster, MD
Summary: This editorial accuses the people in charge of the government are “thousands of rapscallions” who support abolitionism but refuse to serve in the war, instead preferring to profit in office
Full DetailsA Few Plain Reasons (March 9th, 1865)
>From The Western Maryland Democrat; Westminster, MD
Summary: Editor repeats attacks on the same local military men who are not back in the army or helping to recruit
Full DetailsVolunteers for the Army (March 9th, 1865)
>From The Western Maryland Democrat; Westminster, MD
Summary: About 25 men from Myers Election District and a few from Westminster District will join army; the quota will nearly be filled if these men pass physical examination
Full DetailsThe Draft Ordered to Commence (March 9th, 1865)
>From The Western Maryland Democrat; Westminster, MD
Summary: Maryland ordered to proceed with draft in all congressional districts except the fourth
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