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The Treason Bill Passed By The Maryland Legislature (March 20th, 1862)
>From The Carroll County Democrat; Westminster, MD
Summary: Full text of the treason bill as passed by both houses of the legislature
Full DetailsThe Examiner is Barking Up the Wrong Tree (March 21st, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Letter criticizing a comment in the Examiner regarding Maryland's emancipation process, defending humane slave owners and defending their right to manumit slaves.
Full DetailsHospital Report (March 21st, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Number of sick and wounded at U.S. General Hospital, Frederick, for the week ending March 15, 1862
Full DetailsThe B & O Railroad (March 21st, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Train begins running from MD to VA on new bridge at Harper's Ferry; bridges on line to Winchester under repair
Full DetailsLieut. Col John… [The News] (March 21st, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Lt. Col. John G. Kelley appointed commandant of post in Hancock
Full DetailsPurifying the Union Party (March 21st, 1862)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: Editorial: State legislature did not elect Henry W. Davis, a radical Republican, to the U.S. Senate, which angered the editor of the rival Examiner newspaper. The Citizen editorial reviles the Examiner editor, asking who in the legislature should be removed to "purify" the Union Party.
Full DetailsThe Treason Bill (March 21st, 1862)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: Supports the new treason bill so that treason by words, aid and comfort to the enemy in any shape or form will be repressed
Full DetailsRebel Tyranny (March 26th, 1862)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Citing Rebel oppression of citizens loyal to the Union, the Examiner lists the names of 10 men in Winchester and Martinsburg "carried into captivity" by Gen. Jackson.
Full DetailsContrabands (March 26th, 1862)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Article discussing the vexed problem of "contraband" slaves being brought into Maryland as the Union invades the South. A result of the war is the likely annihilation of slavery in the Border States.
Full DetailsThe Tory Citizen (March 26th, 1862)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: The Examiner attacks the Frederick Citizen for misrepresentation of every subject, particularly its denouncement of Lincoln's policy regarding compensated emancipation of slaves.
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