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Was Committed (April 25th, 1862)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: 2 Negro men - Peter Booker and Charles Turner - dressed in soldier's uniforms, have been committed to the Carroll County jail; the owners are to claim them or they will be "discharged according to law" [also ran on 5/16]
Full DetailsShooting of Jesse B. Wharton (April 30th, 1862)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Detailed account of the fatal shooting of Jesse B. Wharton, of Hagerstown, at the Old Capitol Jail in Washington. He was shot by sentry Pvt. Ambrose Baker, 91st Regt. PA. Wharton was an ardent Southern sympathizer.
Full DetailsAn Outrage - Heavy Loss (April 30th, 1862)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Comments on the Hagerstown Mail's coverage of the story of Henry Stonebraker and John E. Knode, Southern sympathizers, who lost their cargo and boat in the C & O Canal when the ropes were cut loose supposedly by some Unionists. The Herald calls it a natural consequence of civil war.
Full DetailsSale of Colored Convicts (April 30th, 1862)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Convicts Mary Adley and Robert, free Negroes, and David Thomas, a slave, were sold as slaves at auction in Hagerstown
Full Details3 Cents Reward! (April 30th, 1862)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Notice. Benjamin F. Shafer offers 3 cents reward, but no thanks, for return of his indentured apprentice John Jones, "a colored boy."
Full DetailsHave We A Constitutional Republic? (May 1st, 1862)
>From The Carroll County Democrat; Westminster, MD
Summary: In one month’s time, the Carroll County Democrat will be renamed the Western Maryland Democrat and be devoted to advocating for democracy and the Democratic Party
Full DetailsNegro Testimony (May 2nd, 1862)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: Negro testimony in DC limited to cases before Commissioners of Emancipation. In 19 states Negroes can testify in all court cases; in slave states no such right exists.
Full DetailsSheriff's Sale of a Negro Man (May 2nd, 1862)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: Negro Matthew Ward, convicted of fornication, to be sold by order of Judge Nelson in Westminster, May 17
Full DetailsAnother Recruit (May 2nd, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Martin Muck, of Middletown area, enlists in a company forming for the 4th Regt. P.H.B.
Full DetailsResigned His Commission (May 2nd, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Capt. Wm. M. Cronise, Co.H., 1st Regt.,P.H.B. resigns and returns to his home in Sharpsburg
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