NOVEMBER 18, 1862:
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is crucial in the war and Southern sympathizers are to be prevented as much as
possible from being able to send correspondence to the Confederacy. Maryland is
a border state and many try to obtain positions like postmaster in an effort to
help the Confederate cause. In Surrattsville, Maryland, 18-year-old John
Surratt Jr. holds the postmaster job and learns to his relief that he is not on
the list to be dismissed for disloyalty. Given that his father had passed away
in August, this is also a relief to his mother Mary as they need all the income
they can bring in so debts could be paid off. The Surratts are profoundly
secessionist, and they will become infamous in the closing days of the war.
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