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Increase in the Price of Cotton & Woolen Goods--but

SMITH BROS. & CO., No. 40 W Baltimore st., Baltimore, Md., Have not increased the price of their immense stock of CLOTHING, for MEN & BOYS' WEAR. Having bought at the old prices, we will not charge any extra "tariff"....

Baltimore County Advocate, May 30, 1863, p. 4.

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Posted on 5/31/2013 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Trade and Disruption of Trade, Daily Life

Death of a Marylander

Information has been received from Winchester, Va., of the death there, in the Confederate hospital, of Henry N. Gittings, of Baltimore County.  He joined the Confederate service....

Baltimore County Advocate, February 28, 1863, p. 2.

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Posted on 2/26/2013 in Baltimore County, Deaths

Soldiers: Don't Leave Home Without Them!

Volunteers for the army should not leave the city until supplied with Holloway's Pills and Ointment. For Sores, Scurvy, Wounds, Small Pox, Fevers, and Bowel Complaints.....

Baltimore County Advocate, January 10, 1863, p. 2.

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Posted on 1/24/2013 in Militias, Baltimore County

Teachers Forced to Swear Allegiance

Any man or woman who assumes to be an alien, being thus devilished by the virus of secession, should be dismissed from all public....

The Cecil Whig (Elkton), December 6, 1862, Front Page.

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Posted on 12/13/2012 in Baltimore County, Cecil County, Forced Allegiance

Thanksgiving Political Prisoner Release

We have the extreme satisfaction of announcing to our readers, as one fact pertinent to a Thanksgiving day, the unconditional release of all the Maryland political prisoners....

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

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Posted on 12/5/2012 in Arrests of Maryland Citizens, Baltimore County, Daily Life

Draft Dodging Rampant in Baltimore County

We have not heard particularly, but do not suppose that half of the men drafted in this county have reported at Camp Bradford, either in person or by substitute.  A large number of the substitutes....

The Baltimore County Advocate, November 15, 1862, p. 2.

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Posted on 11/17/2012 in Baltimore County, The Draft

Somerset County Draft Books Destroyed

On Saturday last, Col. Cresswell received information that the office of Seth D. Venable, at Princess Anne, Commissioner for Somerset County, had been burglariously entered.....

The Baltimore County Advocate, November 8, 1862, p. 1.

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Posted on 11/8/2012 in Baltimore County, The Draft, Somerset County

And if You Can't Pay for a Substitute....

From what we can learn, a large number of men drafted from this county, have left for parts unknown since....

The Baltimore County Advocate, October 25, 1862, p. 2.

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Posted on 10/25/2012 in Baltimore County, The Draft

The Draft in Baltimore County and Beyond

We have endeavored to obtain as much information as possible with regard to drafted men, for the benefit of those.....

The Baltimore County Advocate, October 25, 1862, p. 2.

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Posted on 10/25/2012 in Baltimore County, The Draft

Detention, Death, and Dogs

The Baltimore News Sheet office was taken possession of on Thursday evening the 14th inst., by the police and the editors sent to Fort McHenry....
The Baltimore County Advocate (Towsontown, MD), August 23, 1862, p. 2.

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Posted on 8/20/2012 in Arrests of Maryland Citizens, Freedom of the Press, Baltimore County, Deaths, Daily Life, 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

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

Wartime Annapolis

A few days since we had occasion to visit the Ancient Capital, the first time we have passed over the road since the country put on the trappings of war. At the depot there were soldiers, in the cars soldiers, soldiers everywhere. As we steam out of Baltimore....

The Baltimore County Advocate (Towsontown), November 30, 1861, p. 2.

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Posted on 11/29/2011 in Union Troops in Maryland, Baltimore County, Annapolis

Serious Affray at Peace Party Meeting

On Saturday the 21st instant, a serious affray occurred at Port Deposit, between citizens of that place and about eight or ten soldiers from the camps....

The Baltimore County Advocate (Towsontown), September 28, 1861, p.2.

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Posted on 9/27/2011 in Union Troops in Maryland, Baltimore County, Cecil County

Towsontown Surrounded and Taken

Towsontown Surrounded and Taken!--No Lives Lost!--Saturday last was a day long to be remembered in Towsontown. While the people were quietly engaged in the usual vocations (a large proportion doing nothing)....

Baltimore County Advocate (Towsontown), June 8, 1861, p. 2.

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Posted on 6/8/2011 in Militias, Confiscation of Guns, Union Troops in Maryland, Baltimore County

Case of John Merryman

John Merryman, Esq., of Baltimore county, President of the Maryland Agricultural Society, was arrested on Friday of last week, by order of the Government, and taken to Fort McHenry to await an investigation on a charge of Treason....

The Cecil Whig (Elkton), June 1, 1861, p. 2.

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Posted on 6/1/2011 in Arrests of Maryland Citizens, Union Troops in Maryland, Baltimore County, Cecil County, Suspension of Habeas Corpus