Showing: October 2011 (see recent posts)

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

State Rights, Bed Bugs, and Runaway Slaves: Assorted Classified Advertisements

The voters of Charles County in favor of "State Rights," and all opposed to the present Civil War, are requested to meet....      

Port Tobacco Times and Charles County Advertiser, October 10, 1861, p. 2. 

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Posted on 10/7/2011 in Support for Right of Secession, Charles County, Runaway Slaves