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One Vast Hospital

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.

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Posted on 9/15/2012 in Frederick County, Deaths, Women, Rebel Invasion of Maryland

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

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

Amazon Secessionists Fight the Power in Elkton

On Sabbath morning last, the Rev. Mr. Mitchell, pastor of the Episcopal Church of Elkton, was arrested by Capt. Ricketts....
The Cecil Whig (Elkton), November 16, 1861, p.2.
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Posted on 11/12/2011 in Arrests of Maryland Citizens, Cecil County, Women, Religion

Secessionists and Unladylike Women

Ignorant as we are of the plans of the Government in regard to our unhappy difficulties, we are not disposed to find fault with it for what seems to us to be unpardonable blindness....

The Annapolis Gazette, August 8, 1861, p.2.

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Posted on 8/3/2011 in The Annapolis Gazette, Women, Pro-Union Sentiment, Pro-Southern Activity in Maryland