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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

Livestock Roam Freely In Montgomery County

The undersigned hereby give public notice to all whom it may concern, that they intend IMPOUNDING ALL STOCK found trespassing upon their lands.  In consequence of their fencing being destroyed in a great measure by the army....
Montgomery County Sentinel, April 24, 1863, p. 3.
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Posted on 4/19/2013 in Montgomery County, 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

Hosting the Troops

Some time since, a portion of Captain Clayton's Company of Calvary, belonging to the Maryland Purnell Legion, whilst engaged in looking up absent drafted men, stopped at the hotel....
Baltimore County Advocate, January 17, 1863, p. 2.
 
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Posted on 1/28/2013 in Militias, Union Troops in Maryland, Daily Life, The Draft

Deserters Become Robbers

On last Friday night three deserters from the Union army came up the Jefferson road and passed on to Boonsboro, committing a series of daring robberies....

Valley Register (Middletown), January 9, 1863, p. 2.

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Posted on 1/15/2013 in Union Troops in Maryland, Washington County, Daily Life

Christmas Fireworks on South Mountain

Parties residing near the South Mountain battle-field amused themselves on Christmas day by causing the explosion of a large number of unexploded shells....

The Valley Register (Middletown), January 2, 1863, p. 2.

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Posted on 1/2/2013 in Washington County, Daily Life, Rebel Invasion of Maryland

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

Visitors to the Battle-Field

A great many people from home and abroad have visited the battle-field near this place, and the most heart-rending accounts are given of the sufferings....

The Valley Register (Middletown), September 19, 1862, Front Page. 

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Posted on 9/20/2012 in Frederick County, Washington County, Deaths, Daily Life, Rebel Invasion of Maryland

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

Rebel Ladies and Secession Girls

The rebel ladies of Elkton are offering gingerbread and cider as an inducement to Union beaux. It won't do, ladies, Rebeldom is a dreary old place to inhabit. 'Tis getting very uncomfortable, no doubt, out there in the cold; but ginger cakes and hard cider won't purchase redemption....

The Cecil Whig (Elkton), February 1, 1862, p.2.

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Posted on 1/31/2012 in Cecil County, Women, Pro-Southern Activity in Maryland, Daily Life

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