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Cavalry (March 14th, 1866)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Last Thursday a company of the 5th U.S. Cavalry passed through town and encamped nearby. The next day they left for Winchester to relieve a company in Gen. Hancock’s command. Local “Mosebyites” circulated the rumor that the cavalrymen were going to put down a negro insurrection, which no one believed was true.
Full DetailsWar Damages (March 14th, 1866)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Hon. Francis Thomas, representative in Congress, is ready to make a claim for damages caused by the burning of two bridges in the Frederick area. These bridges were ordered burned by Gen. Lew Wallace at the time of the Battle of Monocacy in order to retard the advance of Gen. Early on Washington and to release the troops which were guarding them so they could fight.
Full DetailsGeneral Geary (March 14th, 1866)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: The Union State Convention nominated General John W. Geary as at Union candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania. He was in command of U.S. troops at Point of Rocks at one point and is well-known and highly respected by people in Maryland.
Full DetailsCopperhead Endorsements (March 14th, 1866)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Editorial discussing actions of Copperheads in Frederick County. Doubt is cast on their actual support of President Johnson, saying they speak out of both sides of their mouths. Copperheads not consistent in their support of government as are true Union supporters.
Full DetailsSectional Parties (March 15th, 1866)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: The editor believes that the profits of slavery were not contained to just the South, and that the success of the Republican Party, a sectional party, was the “cause of an unnecessary war"
Full DetailsThe Rump Congress or the President (March 15th, 1866)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: Accuses the current Congress of pouring abuse upon the South, instead of reducing debt and instituting national harmony
Full DetailsThe County Mass Meeting (March 15th, 1866)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: The Sentinel calls for a strong turnout of Union men for the mass meeting in Westminster.
Full DetailsMeeting of the Antietam National Cemetery Board (March 16th, 1866)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: The Board of Directors of the Antietam National Cemetery met at Barnum’s Hotel in Baltimore, including Augustus Riggs, Pres., Gen. Edward Shriver and Charles C. Fulton “Trustees for Maryland.” The MD Legislature has appropriated for improving the ground purchased by Maryland for the cemetery. A committee appointed to apply to the Secretary. of War for 6,000 coffins.
Full DetailsThe abolitionists… (March 16th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: The Republican Citizen jokes that the Abolitionists called the Democrats "Copperheads" because they did not support Lincoln; therefore, the opponents of Johnson should be called "Abolition Copperheads."
Full Details"Copperhead Endorsement" (March 16th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: The Republican Citizen attacks the Frederick Examiner for its support of the Radicals in Congress, especially Stevens and "that other loathsome negro-worshipper Sumner."
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