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Semi-Weekly Dispatch: November 19, 1861 Go To Page : 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |

Capt. Samuel F. Dupont
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Summary: Calls for the nation's gratitude to be directed to Captain Dupont, who commanded the naval expedition credited with capturing Port Royal and Beaufort, South Carolina.

Who Are the Traitors
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Summary: Expresses concern that there are spies within the government who have leaked information to the South about important military plans, as evidenced by the telegram from Jefferson Davis found at Port Royal.

Caution
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Summary: Warns citizens to lock their coops to protect the turkeys they plan to have at Thanksgiving from theft. Notes that thieves have broken into several coops already.

Their Whereabouts
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Summary: Reports that General Negley's Pennsylvania Brigade are encamped about 50 miles south of Louisville, Kentucky, where about twenty to thirty thousand troop are quartered.

Sad Occurrence
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Summary: Reports that on the way down the Ohio River to Kentucky, a man from General Negley's Pennsylvania Brigade from Allegheny City deliberately jumped overboard and drowned. Another man fell overboard on accident in a thick fog and was not recovered.

Pay of Deceased Soldiers
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Summary: Announces the Treasury Department's decision to provide the widows of dead soldiers with the pay the soldier had accrued. If there is no widow, the pay will go to the soldier's children, and if he was unmarried, his parents will receive the amount due him.

False Representation
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Summary: Relates the theft of $75 to $80 worth of silk by a young woman claiming to have been sent to Messrs. Hoke's Store by "a certain lady" to acquire the silk. It was later discovered that she was acting without the consent of that lady and that she had therefore stolen the material.

The New Regiment
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Summary: Corrects a previous story about General McAllen's regiment in the process of formation. Relates that General McAllen wants the regiment to be composed of the men of Franklin County and the surrounding areas and not to join companies already in existence at Harrisburg.

Marriages
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Summary: Mr. John Johnson and Miss Elizabeth Hart, both of Chambersburg, were married on November 19.
(Names in announcement: Mr. John Johnson, Miss Elizabeth Hart)

Marriages
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Summary: Mr. Caspar Mattes of Waynesboro and Miss Laura Lawrence of Washington County, Maryland, were married on November 7.

Marriages
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Summary: Mr. Samuel Bonebrake and Miss Kate Bocenstose, both of Guildford township, were married on November 10.
(Names in announcement: Mr. Samuel Bonebrake, Miss Kate Bocenstose)

Marriages
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Summary: Mr. Jacob F. Strock and Miss Rachael Elizabeth Gelwicks, both from near St. Thomas, were married on November 13. Miss Gelwicks is the eldest daughter of Frederick Gelwicks.
(Names in announcement: Mr. Jacob F. Strock, Miss Rachael Elizabeth Gelwicks, Frederick Gelwicks)

Marriages
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Summary: Mr. Christian R. Ebersole, of Green township, and Miss Susan Rutt, of Hamilton township, were married on November 14.
(Names in announcement: Mr. Christian R. Ebersold, Miss Susan Rutt)

Marriages
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Summary: Mr. Edward Fisher of Guildford township and Miss Martha E. Bemastaffer, of Quincy township, were married on November 14.
(Names in announcement: Mr. Edward Fisher, Miss Martha E. Bemastaffer)

Deaths
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Summary: Alice Julia Culbertson, aged 18 months, died in Shanghai, China, on June 18, 1861. Her sister, Eliza Fitch Culbertson, aged 3 years, died there on August 8. They were the daughters of Reverend M. Simpson Culbertson and Mary D. Culbertson, missionaries of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions at Shanghai.