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Home Brigade (August 2nd, 1861)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: 4 companies of Home Brigades are supposed to be formed around the Potomac river; 4 men in Frederick are starting to form Infantry companies; and a cavalry company is currently filling up quickly in Walkersville [article taken from the Frederick Examiner and re-printed in the Valley Register] - the Valley Register challenges someone from Middletown to raise a company as well
Full DetailsMilitary Appointment (August 2nd, 1861)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Upon the recommendation of Lieut. Col. Hobbs, Maj. Gen. Kimmel, and Brig. Gen. Shriver concurring, Col. William P. Maulsby, of Frederick, has been appointed colonel of the 16th Regt. MD Militia.
Full DetailsThe Military Department… (August 2nd, 1861)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: The Military Department has placed Frederick, Montgomery and Prince George's counties under Gen. McClellan's command.
Full DetailsFrom Harper's Ferry (August 2nd, 1861)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Gen. Banks has withdrawn all but one regiment from Harper's Ferry to Maryland Hts. Various command changes noted, including Lee, Rosencrantz, McClellan.
Full DetailsThe Hospitals (August 7th, 1861)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: The ladies of Hagerstown continue to minister to the approximately 150 sick and wounded soldiers in the hospitals, aided by others such as Jacob Shoop of Beaver Creek who collected food items from his neighbors for the soldiers. Suggests that others send in contributions as well, which can be left at the house of Henry Gantz.
Full DetailsThe Canal (August 7th, 1861)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: The (Hagerstown) Mail writes that Alfred Spates, president of the C&O Canal Co., reports that the canal is repaired to Dam No. 6, and that repairs above that point are progressing. The Mail, however, offers no thanks to the “Union boys” who helped protect the canal from the Confederate “Bridge Burners” who would have thoroughly destroyed it had they had the opportunity.
Full DetailsAn Interesting Spectacle (August 7th, 1861)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: A member of Gen. Banks’ Division reports that a Union and Confederate picket met in the middle of the river thirty-two miles below Harpers Ferry. They exchanged newspapers and canteens. Also, a mill owned by a Unionist six miles above Harpers Ferry was recently burned by the Confederates.
Full DetailsSacrament at the Camp (August 7th, 1861)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Rev. Walker, chaplain of the Connecticut regiment, administered the sacrament to the officers and soldiers of the regiment at their camp at the fairgrounds last Sunday.
Full DetailsPassage of a Regiment (August 7th, 1861)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Last week Col. Leonard’s 13th Massachusetts regiment passed through Hagerstown to join Gen. Banks at Harpers Ferry. It stayed for a day at Camp Hager below town.
Full DetailsDeaths at the Hospital (August 7th, 1861)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Walter Redman, Co. F, 1st MD, and Henry Shipley, Co. H, 1st MD, both died recently at the U.S. hospital in Hagerstown.
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