I sent this to Pat seperately, so it wouldn't bounce again. If anyone else is interested, I'd be happy to send it to a personal email. Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: <patrobison@aol.com> To: <mdallega@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 1:06 PM Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] The Alleganian Jul 13 1864 > Hey Karen, > How can I get a copy of this list or the newspaper page? Mainly I am > looking for any spelling of Sinnet, Robinson, Cox, Baldwin. > Thanks. > Pat > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Karen E. Cresap" <RootsResearch@comcast.net> > Sender: mdallega-bounces@rootsweb.com > Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2010 12:53:47 > To: <mdallega@rootsweb.com> > Reply-To: mdallega@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] The Alleganian Jul 13 1864 > > Hi Priscilla, > > I'm so glad this was the right page you were looking for, and at least > that > mystery is solved. > > I think you guessed right on the few words you couldn't make out; > > I think it is the "5th inst" (meaning the same month); > "Actual Physical Disability"; > "Over age" (this one's tough to make out, but it makes sense, and it > doesn't look like Old Age. > > Can you imagine that they only had 3 days to report to Baltimore, all the > way from Allegany Co? That would seem hard even by today's standards. I > checked the paper of July 6th (the day after the draft was made, and > didn't > see any names listed, so I imagine the 13th was their only notification. > > I agree, it would be wonderful to research all 170 men listed. I would > assume there were many more than just these listed on this date, in other > newspaper editions, etc. I could help in transcribing these 170 names, > but > it wouldn't seem to be a complete list to me, and I wonder if there would > already be another source out there with a list. I wish we knew where > these > 16 districts placed on a map. It would help to locate where these men > lived > within Allegany Co. > > Karen > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Priscilla Engeman" <pengeman@charter.net> > To: "MDALLEGA" <MDALLEGA@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 12:18 PM > Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] The Alleganian Jul 13 1864 > > >> The heading for the column says: >> (From The Alleganian (Cumberland, Maryland) >> July 13, 1864) >> >> State Draft for Allegany County >> ----- >> The following is the official list of the names drawn in Baltimore, on >> the (5th inst.?), from the State enrollment list of the several >> districts of this county, made in 1862, to fill the quota of Allegany >> County in the 2000 militia, for one hundred days' service, called out >> by the Governor. The persons drafted are ordered to report at Camp >> Bradford, near Baltimore, 'in person, or by substitute,' on or before >> Saturday the 16th day of July. The only cause of exemption recognized >> or allowed to those drafted are '(actual?) physical disability' for >> the service required, and '(over-age?)' >> >> *from ' to ' written in italics >> >> As you can see, there are a few words that are unclear to me. Can any >> of you who have access to this page make them out? >> >> An exhilarating, fascinating and exhausting project would be to >> research each of the 170 men from Allegany County who's names were >> drawn from the State enrollment list. I recognize so many names from >> my hours and hours devouring the Allegany/Garrett County census records. >> >> Ah, if only I could clone myself, I would be able to do all that I wish. >> : ) >> Priscilla >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message