Frederick Diary Chronicles Civil War era disturbances and raids
Readable diary extracts recount 1863 Confederate capture of Frederick pickets and soldiers in Bentz town, ongoing town raids, and later battlefield movements toward Frederick City. The notes also cover 1860 presidential election context, torchlight processions, and Meade’s 1863 movement toward Maryland as cited from Engelbrecht and Meade family histories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
John Bell
Tennessee
Edward Everett
Massachusetts
Abraham Lincoln
Ilinois
Hannibal Hamlin
Maine
John C .Breckenridge
Kentucky
Joseph Lane
Oregon
Stephen A. Douglass
H. V. Johnson
Georgia
Maryland
Breckenridge
Bell
Douglass
Tancoln
Everett
Market House
Frederick
Our City
Court House
Lincoln
Frederick and the Equal Suffrage League’s Mixed Verdict
A Frederick reader laments the municipal campaign and election, praising the Equal Suffrage League while critiquing the absence of city affairs knowledge. The writer argues women learned political nuance, predicts ongoing public service neglect, and applauds leaders while accepting limited community influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Just Government League of Maryland
Equal Suffrage League of Frederick
Frederick
Fredenelk
Temler
Caesar
Department of Police
Just Government League
Campaign movements around Middletown and Eastern Maryland
The passage describes Union forces moving to occupy Turner's Gap and Crampton's Gap while most troops held Middletown on the Frederick to Boonsboro road. It notes the strategic effect of severing access to Eastern Maryland and opening a route to Confederate communications with Virginia, with related reminiscences from Civil War histories and a social exchange about marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel G. Duvall
Meade
Savas
Frederick City
Maryland
Carter's Mill
Leesburg
Potomac
Lee
Ewell
Hagerstown
Hooker
Hulls
Shepherdstown
Turner's Gap
Crampton’s Gap
Middletown
Frederick
Boonsboro
Virginia
America
Comte de Paris
Property transfers and marriage licenses printed in court notices
In Crengerstown and county real estate deeds record transfers from William G. Kolb to Mary A. Kolb and from S W George and Co to Hugh A. Danner and wife. Susan M. Biehl transfers include Martin L. Biehl. Marriage licenses listed for Clarence Rainey and Elisha Brown, both of Charles Town, and Thomas Clark and Jamie Young, plus Harry Lentz and Vir gle Shoemaker. Guardians and executors accounts filed for Grover Cleveland Seeberger et al and Lawson H. Cline. Lydia A. Rogers estate debts inventoried. Viola Seeberger named guardian for Grover C Seeberger and siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buperty
William G. Kolb
Mary A. Kolb
Crengerstown
S. W. George and Co
Hugh A. Danner
Susan M. Biehl
Martin L. Biehl
Susan M. ‘Biehl
Martin L Biehl
William ‘Schouoffer
Grover Cleveland Seeberger
Charles C. Cline
Lawson H. Cline
Lydia
A. Rogers
Viola Seeberger
Grover C
Albert S
Julia P
William 8. Seeberger
Also Mentioned on This Page
Confederates
Cty
Mr. Engelbrecht
Engelbrecht
John A. Hudson
Cole
John Bechiel
Bentztown
Daniel Derr
Col Bates
United States Hospital
Patrick Street
Ciny
Alexander J Hubbard
Adolphus Fearhake, Junior
Spencer
C. Jones
Joseph H. Jones
William Pope
Jazbo H
Stephen Lawrences
John S
John Tyler
Samuel Tyler
Upton Dorsey
Thomas Brashears
Col
Thomas C
Sydney Butler
Harman
Richard P. Johnson
Worthington
Major Dorsey
Denton Hammeond
Goodman
Mailes
Jacob Engelbrecht
Washington
Edward's Ferry
Goose Creek
Reynold
Poolesville
Harper's Ferry
Chiet
Reynolds
South Mountain
Arkey's
Mullinix
Stuart
Stuars
William Nelson Pendleton
Susan P. Lee
Chambersburg
Emmitsburg
Liberty
New Market
Monrovia
B&o
Waihame
Frederck County
DR. Baltzell
Squibb
Greenawalt’s
THE
Frederick Trust Company
Frederick, MD
Keno
Warp
David Cramer
Walkersville
Albert W. Ecker
Woodsboro
State Bank
Trust Company
Claggett E Ramsburg, Walter B. Leatherman
Harry F. Shipley
D. Chester Kemp
William B. Catshall
J. Stewart Annan
George W. Fawley
Jefferson
Walkersville, Maryland
Circuit and Orphans’ Court
Clarence Lee Rainey
Elisha Brown
Charlestown, W. Va
Thomas H. Clark
Jamie
Ordaans’ Court
Philippines
Imp. Hy Mayer
Cartooniat
the White Cloak
Great Northern Special Feature Film Co
Selig
East Patrick ST
H. R. Flautt
City Hall
Atea Nape E
C. L. Kefacver
Optometriat and Jewelen
Market St
J. A. Ramsburg
Hytare
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