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County Mass Meeting (May 15th, 1861)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Union men are requested to attend the Union convention next week, regardless of past party differences.
Full DetailsFor the Examiner (May 15th, 1861)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: A Union sympathizer in Point of Rocks describes B. T. Johnson's company as a bumbling mess.
Full DetailsLarge Union Meeting (May 15th, 1861)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: A Union meeting in Myersville had Whigs and Democrats, including one Breckenridge Democrat.
Full DetailsAttention, Home Guards, The Soldiers Guide! (May 15th, 1861)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Advertisement; A manual and drill book is advertised as being particularly relevant to the local militiamen.
Full DetailsThe Overt Act (May 16th, 1861)
>From The Carroll County Democrat; Westminster, MD
Summary: The author sees the “usurpation of the rights and liberties of the people” as an insult to the people of the United States and vouches that if the war is not stopped the nation will be solely composed of “disgraced and ruined people”
Full DetailsMilitary (May 16th, 1861)
>From The Carroll County Democrat; Westminster, MD
Summary: A military company called the Home Guard has organized in Westminster with forty men
Full Details(May 16th, 1861)
>From The Carroll County Democrat; Westminster, MD
Summary: Gov. Hicks has called for the creation of four regiments to serve three months internally in the state
Full DetailsOccupation of Maryland Soil (May 17th, 1861)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: The South has 600 to 800 rebels on Maryland's side of the Potomac River; VA Gov. Letcher has ordered Jackson to withdraw as demanded by MD Gov. Hicks
Full DetailsCongressional Convention (May 17th, 1861)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Anthony Kimmel, J. G. Stone, D. W. McCleary, A. K. Stake, Lewis P. Fiery and Jonathan Routzahn, Senators and Delegates to the Maryland General Assembly from the 3rd Congressional District recommend holding a Union Congressional Convention in Frederick for the purpose of nominating a candidate for Congress.
Full DetailsThe Legislature (May 17th, 1861)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: The legislature of Maryland (called "this corrupt body" by the paper) is currently meeting and resolving little for the public; instead, it seems to be creating resolutions and tending to secession. It will send delegations to the governors of Virginia and Pennsylvania. The paper supposes the delegations will be well-funded at the expense of taxpayers as this session of the MD legislature is very liberal with supplying money. A bill to authorize the Frederick Co. commissioners to levy $40,000 to rebuild the Court House was passed.
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