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Soldier's Meeting (April 26th, 1866)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: Meeting of Soldiers and Sailors Aid Society of Carroll County in Westminster resolved to create a monument to the memory of the "Sons of old Carroll" who fell in the late war for the Union. Committee members are listed.
Full DetailsThe Dead at Andersonville (April 26th, 1866)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: Captain James M. Moore, Q.M., USA, has published a list of of prisoners who were buried at Andersonville. The Sentinel publishes comments from the Baltimore American condemning Rebel sympathizers in MD.
Full DetailsThe Confederate Dead (April 27th, 1866)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Pvt. Junius C. Battle and Lt. Wesley Lewis Battle, of the “late Confederate army,” were buried at Chapel Hill, NC. Junius died in Middletown, MD, after the Battle of South Mountain and Lewis died at Gettysburg.
Full DetailsThe Examiner (April 27th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: The Republican Citizen casts aspersions on the Examiner's editor's "reckless disregard for truth and malignancy of spirit."
Full DetailsThe Policies of the President and Congress on Reconstruction… (May 3rd, 1866)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: The editor juxtaposes the president’s desire to restore the Union to the Constitution “of our Fathers,” with the Congress, who he accuses of trampling the Constitution underfoot, and Northern statesmen revealed to be the real “secessionists”
Full DetailsA Grand Mass Meeting of the Friends of the Policy of Andrew Johnson… (May 3rd, 1866)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: A meeting of the “Friends of the Policy of Andrew Johnson” at Court House on May 19 should be attended by those opposed to the Registry Law and desirous of a reunified, harmonious nation
Full DetailsUnion Central Committee (May 4th, 1866)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: D.J. Markey, Chairman of the Union Central Committee of Frederick County, announces that the committee will meet at the courthouse in Frederick.
Full DetailsThe Winchester and Potomac Railroad,… (May 4th, 1866)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: The Winchester and Potomac Railroad, which runs from Harpers Ferry to Winchester, VA, heavily damaged during the war, has been repaired.
Full DetailsA Union Mass Meeting,… (May 4th, 1866)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: A Union Mass Meeting will be held in Hagerstown. The meeting will include addresses by Sen. Creswell (MD), Sen. Trumbull (IL), Gen. Garfield of OH and ex-Gov. Francis Thomas of MD.
Full DetailsJudges of Election (May 4th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: The Citizen calls the Judges of Election "a mockery…in a state where three-fourths of the citizens…are not allowed to vote."
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