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Remember the Soldiers!

We are now greatly in want of every article of hospital supply, and we need funds, in order to pay the salaries of our chaplains and others who are engaged in visiting the sick and instructing them in the duties....

The Lutheran Observer (Baltimore), May 15, 1863, p. 2. 

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Posted on 5/16/2013 in Baltimore, Religion

Negro Surgeon Bullied in Baltimore

About ten 'o clock yesterday morning, a negro, dressed in the uniform of a United States officer, and wearing shoulder-straps indicating that he ranked as a major, entered a train of cars at the President street depot....

Baltimore Daily Gazette, May 4, 1863, p. 4.

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Posted on 5/3/2013 in Baltimore, Free African Americans

Polopticorama of the War at Maryland Institute

By the aid of extensive and intricate machinery, mechanical appliances, chemical effects and ingenious dioramic accompaniments, never before introduced in this country, the audience can almost imagine themselves actual spectators of the sublime.....

Baltimore Daily Gazette, April 27, 1863, p. 2.

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Posted on 4/25/2013 in Baltimore, Daily Life

Accidental Gun Death

A young girl, named Hannah Loftus, residing on the Falls road, some two miles from the city limits, was killed instantly, at six 'o clock last evening, by the accidental discharge....
Baltimore Daily Gazette, April 11, 1863, Front Page.
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Posted on 4/13/2013 in Baltimore, Deaths, Daily Life

Southern Music Banned in Baltimore

Mention was made of the fact on Tuesday last that the music publishers of this city had been ordered by General Schenck, through Provost Marshal Fish, to stop the sale of all Southern or "Secession" music....

Baltimore Daily Gazette, March 12, 1863, front page

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Posted on 3/16/2013 in Baltimore, Union Troops in Maryland, Trade and Disruption of Trade, Daily Life

The End is Not Yet!

There are a great many good people who think they see in the abounding corruption of society and our national calamities unmistakable signs of the approaching end....

The Lutheran Observer (Baltimore), February 13, 1863, p. 2.

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Posted on 2/16/2013 in Baltimore, Religion

Police Marshall Kane Held Without Habeas Corpus

After an incarceration of seventeen months in four of the Forts of the United States, now converted by the Government into prisons which have no similitude but in the Bastile of France....

Southern Aegis and Harford County Intelligencer, December 13, 1862, p. 2.

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Posted on 12/21/2012 in Baltimore, Arrests of Maryland Citizens, Harford County, Suspension of Habeas Corpus

Rockville Presses Suppressed

Both the Union and the Sentinel newspapers, published at Rockville, Md., have been suspended.  Mr Fields, the editor of the Sentinel, has, it is stated, been arrested....

Baltimore Weekly Sun, November 22, 1862, p. 2.

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Posted on 11/28/2012 in Baltimore, Arrests of Maryland Citizens, Freedom of the Press, Montgomery County

Twenty Corpses Waiting for a Train

The relatives and friends of the brave men who fell upon the battle-field of Antietam continue to take up and remove their remains....

Baltimore Weekly Sun, November 1, 1862, p. 2.

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Posted on 11/2/2012 in Baltimore, Washington County, Deaths, Rebel Invasion of Maryland

Draft Conducted at Secret Location in Baltimore

The draft of the militia took place in the several counties of Maryland, as well as Baltimore city, on Wednesday last.  It was accompanied by no disturbance, as far as known. In Prince George's county,where some trouble was said to be apprehended.....

Baltimore Weekly Sun, October 18, 1862, p. 3.

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Posted on 10/18/2012 in Militias, Baltimore, Prince Georges County, Charles County, Frederick County, The Draft

A Presidential Visit to Frederick

"If I were as I have been most of my life, I might perhaps talk amusing to you for half an hour and it wouldn't hurt anybody...."

Baltimore Weekly Sun, October 11, 1862, p. 4.

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Posted on 10/5/2012 in Baltimore, Frederick City, Rebel Invasion of Maryland

Heaps of Dead Bodies Are Burning in the Cumberland Valley

It is true, the universal desire seems to be that the army should advance, but the dead of Sharpsburg, of Antietam, of Shepardstown, it must be borne in mind, are not yet buried. Heaps of dead bodies are burning in the Cumberland Valley.

The Baltimore Republican, September 26, 1862, p. 4.

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Posted on 9/24/2012 in Baltimore, Washington County, Deaths, Rebel Invasion of Maryland

Rebels Invade Maryland, Take Frederick

The invasion of Maryland by the rebel army is an accomplished fact. With a force variously stated as from twenty to fifty thousand men, during Friday and Saturday, the 6th and 7th inst., they crossed the Potomac....

The Lutheran Observer (Baltimore), September 12, 1862, p. 3.

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Posted on 9/10/2012 in Baltimore, Frederick City, Rebel Invasion of Maryland

Plentiful New Recruits in Baltimore

The large bounty which has been offered by the City Council for recruits in the several Maryland regiments being raised in this city, together with the prospect of a draft....

The Maryland News Sheet (Baltimore), August 12, 1862, p. 4.

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Posted on 8/18/2012 in Militias, Baltimore, The Draft

Treasonable Language

Mary McCuskey was arrested yesterday by officer Wilhelm, charged with shouting for Jeff. Davis.  She was held for the Marshal. Andrew Burns was yesterday taken into custody....

The Maryland News Sheet (Baltimore), August 9, 1862, p. 4.

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Posted on 8/16/2012 in Baltimore, Arrests of Maryland Citizens, Baltimore County

Monster Pro-Union Meeting in Baltimore

Not since the commencement of the rebellion has Baltimore given a more demonstrative and convincing proof of the loyalty of the masses of her population....
The Cecil Whig, August 2, 1862, p. 2.

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Posted on 8/14/2012 in Baltimore, Union Troops in Maryland, Pro-Union Sentiment

Naval Academy Conscripted for Hospital; First Lady Bradford Cooks for Wounded Soldiers

Rev. W.E Boardman, who volunteered to visit the hopitals about Annapolis and Baltimore, to minister to the sick and wounded soldiers from Pennsylvania, has written the following letter....

Baltimore Weekly Sun, July 19, 1862, p. 2.

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Posted on 7/13/2012 in Baltimore, Women, Religion, Annapolis

Baltimore's Mayor Chooses Imprisonment over Resignation

The commissioners to examine the cases of the State prisoners have finished their labors at Fort Warren. Of twenty-nine State prisoners....

Baltimore Weekly Sun, May 17, 1862, p. 3.

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Posted on 5/21/2012 in Baltimore, Arrests of Maryland Citizens, Pro-Southern Activity in Maryland

Jailed Legislators, Editors, and Defectors Released or Transferred

R.H. Bigger, Esq., of this city, who has a commission of captain in the Confederate army, has been released from Fort Warren upon his parole not to correspond with the enemies of the United States or to go South....

Baltimore Weekly Sun, May 10, 1862, p. 2.

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Posted on 5/15/2012 in Baltimore, Arrests of Maryland Citizens, Pro-Southern Activity in Maryland

Maryland Demonstrates its Loyalty

The resolution of the Maryland Legislature, approved by the Governor, appropriating seven thousand dollars for the relief of the families of the soldiers killed....

The Lutheran Observer (Baltimore), May 2, 1862, p. 4.

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Posted on 5/8/2012 in Baltimore, Union Troops in Maryland

Prince Georges Slaves Escape to Freedom in D.C.

The slaves of Prince George's county, we hear, are running away in numbers. - Most of them make their way to this city, having got the idea....

Baltimore Weekly Sun, April 19, 1862, p. 2.

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Posted on 4/20/2012 in Baltimore, Prince Georges County, Runaway Slaves, Abolition of Slavery

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Reopened Completely

After a lapse of nearly a year, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is again open throughout its whole length, together with all its branches....

The Baltimore County Advocate (Towsontown, MD), March 29, 1862, p. 2.

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Posted on 4/4/2012 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Trade and Disruption of Trade

Bills Reported in the Maryland Legislature

Among the most important measures of the week is a bill reported in the House to provide ways and means for the defense of the State of Maryland by raising an amount sufficient....

Baltimore Weekly Sun, February 22, 1862, p. 2.

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Posted on 2/24/2012 in Militias, Baltimore, War Taxes

Passes to the South

Applications for passes to go South must be made in person first to the United States Provost Marshal of the city of Baltimore. Such applications must be accompanied by a written statement of the reasons....

Baltimore Weekly Sun, February 15, 1862, p. 2.

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Posted on 2/10/2012 in Baltimore

City Intelligence: Deserters, Low Groggeries, Pistols, and Jailhouse Weddings

On Saturday evening a corporal's guard, belonging to the fifth Maryland regiment, Colonel Schley, came to the city in search of deserters from camp. They entered a low groggery on Pratt Street....

The Maryland News Sheet, January 20, 1862, Front Page.

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Posted on 1/23/2012 in Baltimore, Women, Maryland Fifth Regiment, Daily Life

City Items

The members of the First Branch City Council held a meeting a few days since for the purpose of appointing a committee to wait upon Mr. Baker and learn his views in regard to their election....

The South (Baltimore), January 2, 1862, p. 3. 

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Posted on 12/29/2011 in Baltimore, Arrests of Maryland Citizens, Local Elections

Confederate Blockade of Potomac Brings Jobs to Locust Point

In consequence of the threatened effectual closing of the Potomac river by the batteries of the Confederates, the government at Washington has notified the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company to hold its road in readniness....

Baltimore Weekly Sun, October 26, 1861, p. 2.  

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Posted on 10/18/2011 in Baltimore, Trade and Disruption of Trade

Special Session of Legislature Over, Clerks Arrested

Immediately after the farce was gone through with yesterday afternoon of calling the roll and adjournment, an unusual stir took place in this community. Companies of the Wisconsin regiment were observed....

The Maryland Times (Baltimore), September 19, 1861, Front Page

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Posted on 9/19/2011 in Baltimore, Special Session of Maryland Legislature, Arrests of Maryland Citizens, Union Troops in Maryland, Frederick City

Old Oyster Boats and Schooners Bought

We published yesterday, as a current report, that a government agent was in this city buying up all the old schooners, oyster boats, and small vessels....

The Daily Exchange (Baltimore), August 15, 1861, p. 2. 

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Posted on 8/15/2011 in Baltimore

The Bastile of Maryland

Still the work of tyranny and oppression go on in Maryland. Baltimore has its Bastile, and its citizens are forced....

The Planters' Advocate (Upper Marlborough), July 17, 1861, p. 2. 

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Posted on 7/18/2011 in Baltimore, Arrests of Maryland Citizens, Union Troops in Maryland, Prince Georges County

Support for the Union in Frederick County

The eighty-fifth anniversary of the declaration of American Independence occurred yesterday, and the observance of it was perhaps more general, in the loyal States, than for many....

The Valley Register (Middletown), July 5, 1861, p. 2.

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Posted on 7/1/2011 in Baltimore, Special Session of Maryland Legislature, Arrests of Maryland Citizens, Frederick County

Special Session June 9, 1861

In the House of Delegates, the bill reported by Mr. Wallis authorizing the Baltimore board of police to temporarily close all drinking saloons, whenever necessary for the preservation of the peace of that city....

The Planters' Advocate (Upper Marlborough, MD), June 12, 1861, Front Page.
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Posted on 6/12/2011 in Baltimore, Special Session of Maryland Legislature, Support for Right of Secession, Prince Georges County

Baltimore: Made an Abode for Owls and Satyrs

Baltimore is to be 'bombarded,' 'shelled,' 'burned with fire,' 'laid in ashes,' 'laid low,' 'crushed,' 'destroyed,' 'annihilated,' 'wiped out,' 'blotted from the map,' 'razed,' 'levelled with the ground'....

 The South (Baltimore), May 23, 1861, p. 3. 

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Posted on 5/23/2011 in Baltimore, Arrests of Maryland Citizens, Union Troops in Maryland

War Arrives in Baltimore

Yesterday morning the excitement which had been gradually rising in this city for some days, with reference to the passage of northern volunteer troops southward, reached its climax....
The Sun (Baltimore), April 20, 1861, Front Page
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Posted on 4/20/2011 in Baltimore, Union Troops in Maryland