Sniper Ends Civil War Days For Gen Reno
Major General Jesse Lee Reno dies from a sniper’s wound at Turner's Gap South Mountain while inspecting Union positions. The incident closes a day of fierce skirmishes as Confederate forces under Lee and Jackson press Harper’s Ferry and Frederick defenses.
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Gen. Reno
Jesse Lee Reno
Turner's Gap
South Mountain
Reno
Jacob Cox
Samuel Sturgis
Sam
Robert E. Lee
George B. McClellan
Stonewall Jackson
Harper's Ferry
Lee
Frederick
McClellan
N Market
Frederick Com- Tire
Frederick News-Post special legislature item recalls Civil War era
A fragmented 1961 Frederick News-Post item reflects on a brief Southern occupation and wartime tales. It mentions an elderly widow defying a Union flag in defiance of a general named Jackson and notes Gen Reno born in Virginia, with a 1846 West Point graduation and Mexican War service followed by a mathematics professorship role.
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Frederick News-Pogt
Frederick
Jackson
Reno
Virginia
U.S. Military Academy
Maryland General Assembly Appoints New Delegate
The Maryland General Assembly unanimously approved filling Chas Mc Mathias's House seat in December 1960. Payne, a Brunswick native and Frederick attorney since 1741, has 16 years in the state legislature and holds an LLB from the University of Maryland, 1945. Virts resides in Frederick City.
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Chas. McMathias
House of Delegates
Payne Is
Brunswick
Frederick
Mee University of Maryland
Virts
Frederick City
Barrick Named State Senator and Attorney in Maryland
1861 1961 Was elected as State's Attorney in 1954 and State Senator in 1958. Barrick received his LEE from the University of Maryland Law School. A native of Frederick County, Barrick and his family now resides in Frederick City. is a distributor of agricultural machinery and is a member of the Grange, Lisas, Optimists and attends the Evan. Lutheran church, Frederick. Collins resides in Urbana.
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Barrick
Lee
University of Maryland Law School
Frederick County
Frederick City
Grange
Evan. Lutheran Church
Frederick
Collins
Urbana
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Rutherford B. Hayes
United States
Middletown
Farmers and Mechanics- Citizens National Bank
North Market
East Second Streets
Maryland
Bank of Westminster
Office of
Creager’s Tavern
North Alarket
Farmers and Mechanics-Citizens National Bank
Kemp Hall
Maryland General Assembly
General Assembly of Maryland
Westminster
Middleborough
Fredericktown
Farmers and Mechanics’ Bank of
Office of Pay and Receipt
Citizens National Bank
Union Bridge Bank
Walon Bridge, Md
Citizens Office Market
Patrick Srs
Libertytown Bank
Libertytown, Md
Fort Detrick
Mount Airy Bank
Mount Airy, Md
Market St
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Joseph Payne
Clifton Virte
Democrat
Utterback
Samuel W. Barrick
Charles E. Collins
Charles Smelser
Stake
Leclature
Committee On Taxation
Smelser
Gary L.utterback
William Houck
Houck
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