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Smiths Diary Recalls Civil War Spy Hanged Near Frederick
Excerpts from the diary of George William Smith recount a Civil War hanging near his home on Prospect Hill Frederick. The diary covers 58 years and records events including the Lincoln Meade command change and Gettysburg aftermath.
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Smith
Jacob Engel
Brecht
Frederick
Maryland
Countian
George Williem Sm
Fred
Erick and Middletown Railway
At Company
Engelbrecht
Fife
George Witham Smith
Oral
Miles
Erick County
Louis McMurray
Virginia Smith
Weidman
Carlisle
Kemp Hall
Potomac
Joseph = Hooker
George G. Meade
Mr. Smith
Joe
Hooker
Abraham Lincoln
Meade
Lee
Gettysburg
Joseph E. Himes
Frederick and
Wash
Ington
Booker
Annapolis
Gettysburg College
Robert E. Lee
Barbara Fritchie