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ISBN: 9781887124447
Category : American newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
The Valley Register of Middletown, Maryland is the initial newspaper of a proposed series of transcriptions of the Civil War newspapers for Frederick County. The other newspapers that will be transcribed and published are: The Examiner, Republican Citizen, and Maryland Union. The transcriptions are not comprehensive, but focus mainly on Frederick County. Events like marriages, deaths, articles on slavery, politics, religion, elections, crime are covered. In addition to local news the American Civil War and important battles - Antietam, South Mountain, Gettysburg, and Monocracy are transcribed, as well as events concerning the Maryland regiments and the battles they were involved in and outside of Maryland.