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Persons Entitled to Pensions (September 21st, 1865)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: Description of those eligible to receive pensions
Full DetailsEver Grumbling (September 21st, 1865)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: While some complain about government support for destitute former slaves, more whites than blacks are receiving aid in the South
Full DetailsSoldier's Meeting (September 21st, 1865)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: Report on a meeting held at Carroll Hall to establish a Soldier's Aid Society
Full Details5 Cents Reward (September 21st, 1865)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: Reward offered by J. Wilson Englar for Aaron Wappins, an indentured colored boy [also ran on 9/28, 10/5]
Full DetailsSoldiers' Legion (September 22nd, 1865)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: Notice of meeting to organize Soldiers' Legions for Union veterans of the Civil War, signed by Geo.W.Vernon, chairman of the Central Committee for Frederick County
Full DetailsDeath of a Former Citizen (September 22nd, 1865)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Jeremiah W. Ifert, son of Christian Ifert of Middletown, has died of typhoid fever in St. Louis. He was a quartermaster's clerk in the Western army.
Full DetailsMortimer Submits (September 22nd, 1865)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: J. Mortimer Kilgour, who left Frederick County at the commencement of the war to join the Rebel army, spoke at Leesburg, VA., advocating submission and loyalty to the Government and Union, and accepting the war's "settlement of the slavery question."
Full DetailsThe Soldiers' Meeting (September 22nd, 1865)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: List of returned Union soldiers of Middletown District appointed to attend the upcoming County Convention.
Full DetailsRe-Opening! (September 22nd, 1865)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Advertisement of opening of John W. White & Co., successors to Culler & Levy's country store in Middletown, which suffered heavy losses during the late Rebel occupation. John Culler, the former owner, hopes to meet his friends there.
Full DetailsSoldier's Convention (September 27th, 1865)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: A convention of former Union soldiers, numbering over one thousand, was held at the Frederick Court House. It agreed to form a Soldiers’ Legion in the Frederick District and to encourage the formation of Legions in the other districts of the county, as well as a state-wide organization. Among its resolutions, it agreed to provide mutual assistance to its membership and to promote measures that benefit former Union soldiers.
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