150 Years Ago This Week in the Civil War

There has been a bill introduced by Mr. Bingham of Ohio, in the House of Representatives, offering aid to the State of Maryland for the abolishment of slavery. Mr. Thomas, of Maryland, also introduced a resolution....

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....

Volunteers for the army should not leave the city until supplied with Holloway's Pills and Ointment. For Sores, Scurvy, Wounds, Small Pox, Fevers, and Bowel Complaints.....

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....

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