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.
Showing category: Rebel Invasion of Maryland (see recent posts)
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.
"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.
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.
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.
This has been an eventful day in the history of the rebellion. A battle has taken place in which the Army of the Potomac has again been victorious and which exceeded in extent any battle heretofore fought on this continent....
The Valley Register (Middletown), September 19, 1862, p. 2.
Our town is at present one vast hospital. About 1200 wounded, including some Rebels, of Sunday's battle, have been brought here, and all the churches, lecture rooms, school rooms, and many rooms of private houses....
The Valley Register (Middletown) September 19, 1862, Front Page.
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.
