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A Peaceful Harvest (July 3rd, 1861)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Local farmers are harvesting one of the largest grain crops ever. The Union army has not interfered with local citizens performing their ordinary occupations, but in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties in Virginia, Union men have been driven from their homes and their crops are left to go to waste.
Full DetailsRemoval of Mr. Alvey (July 3rd, 1861)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Mr. Alvey was taken from Gen. Patterson’s headquarters at the seminary last Saturday and, it is believed, was put on the Franklin Railroad for Fort McHenry.
Full DetailsArmy Letter Writers (July 3rd, 1861)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: While the Union army was at Hagerstown, the volume of mail at the Post Office was “immense” and required the postmaster and clerks to work sixteen to eighteen hour days.
Full DetailsCamps Below Town (July 3rd, 1861)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Last Saturday the 11th Pennsylvania and a Wisconsin regiment left their camps below Hagerstown and marched to Sharpsburg, leaving only the 3rd Connecticut in camp. A camp near Funkstown has also been abandoned as the commands moved toward the Potomac.
Full DetailsA Wanton Outrage (July 3rd, 1861)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Recently Alexander Shafer of Washington County was attempting to cross the river to tend to his farm in Virginia, when a squad of Confederates seized the ferry boat and his skiff and set them on fire.
Full DetailsEx-Governor Thomas (July 3rd, 1861)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Former Governor (Francis) Thomas passed through Hagerstown last Saturday on his way to Washington to take his seat in Congress.
Full DetailsA Case of Small Pox (July 3rd, 1861)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: A soldier with small pox was not permitted to enter Hagerstown or the hospital last week. He spent one night “in the open air” before quarters were found for him in the country.
Full DetailsDaily Mail (July 3rd, 1861)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: The Boonsboro Odd Fellow writes that the Postmaster General has established daily mail service between Hagerstown and Sharpsburg, which had only been carried three times a week since the suspension of the mail with Virginia.
Full DetailsHarper's Ferry - A View from the Maryland Heights (July 3rd, 1861)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Reprinted from New York Herald are the observations of a man who climbed Maryland Heights overlooking Harpers Ferry. He described abandoned Confederate quarters and stockades on the mountaintop, including the headquarters of Bradley T. Johnson of Frederick, and the ruins of property that the southern troops had destroyed in the town prior to their retreat.
Full DetailsThe American Flag (July 3rd, 1861)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: A poem which extols the virtues of the American flag.
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