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[Letter to newspaper] (March 9th, 1865)
>From The Western Maryland Democrat; Westminster, MD
Summary: "Vox Populi" suggests Samuel Shunk and Abraham Zentz from Middleburg are qualified to help fill up the quota and would make good soldiers
Full DetailsDied (March 9th, 1865)
>From The Western Maryland Democrat; Westminster, MD
Summary: Willie Key, a Confederate prisoner of war and the youngest son of F.S. Key, died at Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.
Full DetailsNew Subscribers (March 10th, 1865)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: A Wisconsin soldier who had been "in attendance" at the hospital in Middletown after the battles of South Mountain and Antietam sends a letter and his subscription to the Valley Register, stating that Middletown "seems as near and dear to me as my own home."
Full DetailsFirst Wedding Under the New Constitution (March 10th, 1865)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Rev. Dr. Strobel united an African - American couple in marriage in Frederick County. Harry Brooks who lived in the family of John Herring married Mary Ann Thomas. They are the first couple to marry under the new constitution.
Full DetailsDeserters (March 10th, 1865)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Federal army deserters seem to be very numerous at this time. Fifteen have been arrested in the present week and placed in the charge of the Provost Marshal in Frederick.
Full DetailsJohn W. Heard… (March 10th, 1865)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Former editor of the defunct Frederick Herald, John W. Heard, Esq., who joined the Confederate army and then was captured, has returned to his home in Frederick after a long incarceration on Johnson's Island.
Full DetailsThere were… (March 10th, 1865)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: There were 946 sick and wounded soldiers at the US General Hospital in Frederick during the week of March 4, 1865.
Full DetailsExchanged (March 10th, 1865)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Lt. Peter A. Hagan, 7th MD Vols., Co.G, of Middletown, has been exchanged after more than a year in a Southern prison.
Full DetailsThe Draft Ordered to Commence (March 10th, 1865)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: The draft is to start next week in all MD Congressional Districts except the Fourth.
Full DetailsPromoted (March 10th, 1865)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Maj. H. Clay Rizer has been promoted to Lt. Col. of the 3d MD Regt. A native of Cumberland, MD, at the outbreak of the Rebellion he was attending school in Middletown.
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