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Federal Troops Interfere with Local Enforcement of Fugitive Slave Law

The anomalous state of things here at this time, in connection with the institution of slavery, gives rise to new and unexpected incidents from day to day, which are not only perplexing....

Port Tobacco Times and Charles County Advertiser, May 29, 1862, p. 2.

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Posted on 5/29/2012 in Arrests of Maryland Citizens, Union Troops in Maryland, Charles County, Runaway Slaves

Baltimore's Mayor Chooses Imprisonment over Resignation

The commissioners to examine the cases of the State prisoners have finished their labors at Fort Warren. Of twenty-nine State prisoners....

Baltimore Weekly Sun, May 17, 1862, p. 3.

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Posted on 5/21/2012 in Baltimore, Arrests of Maryland Citizens, Pro-Southern Activity in Maryland

Jailed Legislators, Editors, and Defectors Released or Transferred

R.H. Bigger, Esq., of this city, who has a commission of captain in the Confederate army, has been released from Fort Warren upon his parole not to correspond with the enemies of the United States or to go South....

Baltimore Weekly Sun, May 10, 1862, p. 2.

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Posted on 5/15/2012 in Baltimore, Arrests of Maryland Citizens, Pro-Southern Activity in Maryland

Maryland Demonstrates its Loyalty

The resolution of the Maryland Legislature, approved by the Governor, appropriating seven thousand dollars for the relief of the families of the soldiers killed....

The Lutheran Observer (Baltimore), May 2, 1862, p. 4.

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Posted on 5/8/2012 in Baltimore, Union Troops in Maryland