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Union Meeting on Monday (March 1st, 1866)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: Report of Union Party meeting at which plans were made for a large meeting in April in Westminster. McKellip, Pearson and Yingling are the planning committee.
Full DetailsLoyal Mass Meeting (March 1st, 1866)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: Notice of a meeting of Union men of Carroll County to be held on April 9, 1866 at the Court House in Westminster.
Full DetailsThe Meeting At Frederick (March 2nd, 1866)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: A meeting in Frederick “for the purpose of endorsing President Johnson, broke up in a row” when Rebel sympathizers took over and adopted Col. Maulsby's resolutions. The Union men then held a separate meeting.
Full DetailsA Riot in Hagerstown (March 2nd, 1866)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: “Copperheads "attempted to hold a meeting at the Court House in Hagerstown to “endorse (in their peculiar way) President Johnson,” but some returned Union soldiers broke it up, leading to a bloody brawl.
Full DetailsResolutions Adopted By The Loyal Men Of Frederick County At A MASS MEETING HELD IN FREDERICK ON THE 22nd ULT. (March 2nd, 1866)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Text of resolutions adopted at a meeting of the "Loyal Men of Frederick County" in support of President Johnson and Secretary. of State William Seward. Signed by Thomas Gorsuch, John Fulton, D.J. Markey, John A. Stewart, H. Clay Naill
Full DetailsThe Mass Meeting (March 2nd, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: Report on the mass meeting in Frederick, chaired by Judge Nelson, which adopted resolutions supporting Pres. Johnson's reconstruction policy, drawn up by Dennis, Maulsby, Trail and Markey. Radical Republicans opposed the resolutions, including the proprietors of the Examiner.
Full DetailsProscription (March 2nd, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: Republican Citizen defends Godfrey Koontz from the Frederick Examiner's accusation that Koontz fired Harrison Conley for refusing to sign the memorial for the repeal of the Registry law.
Full DetailsMass Meeting (March 2nd, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: Proceedings of a meeting in Frederick to endorse the reconstruction policies of President Johnson. Resolutions included immediate restoration of political rights to the white South and opposition to Negro suffrage.
Full DetailsThe Citizen (March 7th, 1866)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: The Examiner calls an article entitled "Proscription" from the Citizen "very vulgar." It says the editor of the Citizen is in "the foremost rank among blackguards" and will not make more controversy with that paper about the "proscription" affair.
Full DetailsWashington County Meeting (March 7th, 1866)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: A report taken from the Boonsboro' Odd Fellow on what transpired at a meeting of the Mosebyites of Washington County. The meeting was in Hagerstown and was chaired by George Schley, a disfranchised lawyer of that community. Schley appealed to his Rebel listeners to drive away a group of Union soldiers and other loyal citizens standing in the back of the hall. A fight broke out and the disloyal people were driven from the stands and replaced by loyal citizens who adopted patriotic resolutions. Ultimately, the meeting turned into a huge fight and there were a number of bloody heads. George Schley is held responsible for the results of the meeting because he was the one who called for the ousting of the soldiers and Union men.
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