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The Draft Fund (June 9th, 1865)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Controversy has arisen over disposition of $2,500 left in the draft fund. The Examiner suggests it be given to returned veterans or used for a monument in the soldiers' section of Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Full DetailsPardoned (June 9th, 1865)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: President Johnson has granted a full pardon to Donald McK. Shorb, of Frederick County, who was convicted of "passing through the Federal lines surreptitiously," after serving in the rebel army.
Full DetailsMurder Trial (June 9th, 1865)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Wm. H. Bell, John Baker, Jesse Murray, Henry W. Wampler, and Peter H. Henry, charged with manslaughter, in killing Joseph Shaw, editor of the Democrat, at Westminster, Md., have been acquitted.
Full DetailsComing Home (June 9th, 1865)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Discharged Maryland soldiers are daily passing through Middletown to their respective homes, including the volunteers from the 13th Regiment; those belonging to the 7th Regiment are expected home soon.
Full DetailsReturned Rebels (June 14th, 1865)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Since the last report, the following paroled Confederate soldiers have returned to the area and taken the loyalty oath from the Provost Marshal: Capt. David Boyd, Dr. Jos. G. Schell, B. Mobberly, Thos. P. Brashears, Chas M. Pearre, L. Vic. Baughman, C.H. Brashears, Chas. Wilson, W.F. Crouse, L.F. Dickinson, S. Sprigg Cockey and J.R. Bromwell.
Full DetailsReturning Veterans (June 14th, 1865)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Welcomes returning Union soldiers to Frederick County and compares their services to the nation with those returning from Confederate service.
Full DetailsOrdered to Close Up (June 14th, 1865)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: The Quartermasters’ and Commissary departments located in the city have been ordered to prepare for closure by the first of next month.
Full DetailsRowdyism (June 14th, 1865)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Last Wednesday night a group of drunken men, thought to be discharged soldiers, attacked a negro man who was returning from a fair with a container of ice cream. They not only smashed the container, but struck the man, causing a cut to his head
Full DetailsOnly a Private (June 14th, 1865)
>From The Herald and Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Poem entitled "Only a Private," by Lilia Lysle, relates the toil of the unheralded private, who seeks only to defend the flag and receives little acclaim for his sacrifice.
Full DetailsAntietam Cemetery (June 14th, 1865)
>From The Herald and Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: The Baltimore American reports that Maryland has appointed commissioners to establish a cemetery in Sharpsburg. The commissioners are Gen. E. Shriver, of Frederick; Dr. Augustine A. Biggs, of Sharpsburg; Thomas A. Boullt, of Hagerstown, and Charles C. Fulton, of Baltimore. At a subsequent meeting, Biggs was elected president, Boult treasurer. The commissioners purchased a ten acre lot near Sharpsburg for the cemetery. Aaron Goode of Sharpsburg, who provided the commissioners with a list indicating the location of over 1,500 graves, was engaged by the commissioners to investigate and expand his list until the remains could be removed.
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