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The Vote of the Middletown District (November 8th, 1861)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: The election in the Middletown district resulted in a landslide for the Union candidate Bradford for Governor. The other results are listed.
Full DetailsThe Election (November 8th, 1861)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Results of the election in Maryland, including Frederick and Washington counties, both of which went for Unionist Bradford.
Full DetailsMore Arrests (November 8th, 1861)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Outerbridge Horsey, Petersville, Tory candidate for MD Senate, and 10 other men have been arrested "for secession proclivities" by Capt. Pardee, 28th PA Regt.
Full DetailsThirteen bodies… (November 8th, 1861)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: The bodies of 13 men drowned in the Potomac during the battle of Ball's Bluff have been recovered near the Chain Bridge
Full DetailsCheap Goods! (November 8th, 1861)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Advertisement: Jacob Rudy, Middletown, says his cheap goods will bring North and South together and save the Union
Full DetailsFor the Examiner… (November 13th, 1861)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Letter from a soldier in the 3rd Wisconsin Regiment praising the ladies of Frederick for their "untiring services and devotion" in caring for the sick men.
Full DetailsWashington County Proudly Erect (November 13th, 1861)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Editorial praising Washington County voters for supporting the Constitution and the Union, "a rebuke to disunion intriguers, rebel sympathizers and treason hatchers generally..." Call for unity and those who refuse must "cast their fortunes with the rebels of Virginia, as Lowe and other have done..." Explains that voters who "were challenged upon the ground of disloyalty" were later allowed to vote in Hagerstown. Lists number of votes cast in each election district in both 1860 and 1861. Says election of Mr. Fiery to the Legislature 6 months ago and "has sent into the field a thousand of its able-bodied young men to battle for that cause," proves the loyalty of Washington County to the Union.
Full DetailsUnprecedented Victory in Maryland: Long Live the Republic! (November 13th, 1861)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Editorial on the Union victory in the MD elections. "We have elected all the State officers…" List of the returned votes for the counties of MD for Governor, Senators (with party affiliations) and for the House of Delegates. Shows a "Union maj. [majority] on joint ballot" of 67.
Full DetailsTo the Ladies (November 13th, 1861)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: The "Loyal Ladies of Hagerstown and vicinity" meeting Friday at 3 p.m. "in the Court Hall." Organizing to supply "such articles as are recommended by the Sanitary Commission" for the troops in Camp Bradford at the Hagerstown Fair Grounds.
Full DetailsWashington County True to the Old Flag! (November 13th, 1861)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Complete list of State of MD election results broken down by Washington County election districts
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