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Death from Glanders (November 17th, 1865)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: African-American man of Buckeystown Districtdied from glanders, which he caught from an infected horse
Full DetailsOfficial Returns (November 17th, 1865)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: Out of 8000 potential voters, only 2727 were cast for the winning Unionist candidate, because of the unfair Registry law disfranchising the opposition
Full DetailsRebel Assault (November 17th, 1865)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: McClanahan, a drunk man, assaulted Capt. Saunders in Frederick and Lt. Dorsey, a Confederate veteran, tried to defend McLanahan, leading the Examiner to call it a "Rebel assault"
Full DetailsArrested (November 17th, 1865)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Thomas Lechlider has been arrested by Deputy Sheriff Steiner and John Shuffler at Monocacy Junction. Notorious for having stolen an American flag in Middletown and tied it to his horse's tail.
Full DetailsMilitary Arrest (November 17th, 1865)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: J. Cook Moberly of New Market, was arrested by order of Gen. Wooley on a charge of disloyalty.
Full DetailsRebel Assault (November 17th, 1865)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Two drunk former Confederate soldiers attacked a former Union soldier at night.
Full Details$50 Reward (November 22nd, 1865)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Notice: Wm. H. Best offers a $50.00 reward for the return of Louis Robison, a fourteen-year-old negro boy apprenticed to him until age twenty-one. The boy ran away on October 29 (1865) from Best’s residence three miles south of Frederick on the Buckeystown road.
Full DetailsThe Rebel Assault (November 22nd, 1865)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Examiner and Citizen newspaper editors disagree over report published in Examiner of the assault on Capt. Saunders by former rebel soldiers Wm. Dorsey and Wm. McLanahan. Citizen defends the character of the assailants but Examiner does not and says it will not act as "apologist for the misconduct of returned rebels."
Full DetailsMeeting of the Soldiers' Legion (November 22nd, 1865)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Soldiers' Legion takes measures to protect local citizens from the assaults of returning rebel soldiers.
Full DetailsA New Bridge (November 24th, 1865)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: A new bridge has been built over Catoctin Creek west of Middletown, replacing the one that was burned by the Confederate soldiers in1862
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