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Lots of Riding … and Writing

In the fall of 1862 the 1st New York Cavalry Regiment operated in northwest Virginia. One of its main jobs was apparently protecting the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from rebel raiders in the soon-to-be 35th state in the federal Union. … Continue reading

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Wheat and Locomotives

From The New-York Times August 25, 1861: IMPORTANT FROM BALTIMORE.; CAPTURE OF LARGE QUANTITIES OF FLOUR AND WHEAT. BALTIMORE, Friday. Aug. 24. The agent of the Associated Press. with, the Army, sends the following from Hyattstown: Gentlemen from Harper’s Ferry … Continue reading

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