150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK IN THE CIVIL WAR
 Civil War - Hagerstown Newspapers-Updated Weekly.
The Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland newspapers covered the events of the Civil War in their pages, not just the events at Antietam and South Mountain, but throughout the country. Editorials and letters to the editor from both sides of the conflict were printed. |
| The Canal in Washington County, 1845–49 by Dr. Karen Gray
 Although improvements and new businesses were appearing in Washington County as the canal began to become an important transportation route to the region, the second half of the 1840s was a time of slow growth for the canal and businesses associated with it due to three floods and continual difficulties in completing the canal to Cumberland. | | Mexican War and Washington County by Dr. Thomas Clemens
 The novelty of war, unknown in the United States since 1815, and the improved communication of the telegraph and rapid transit of steam boats and trains combined with the cheap and abundant newspapers made the war with Mexico a public sensation. | | Civil War in Hagerstown and Washington County
 A brief look at Hagerstown and Washington County during the Civil War. | | Hagerstown Newspapers During the Civil War with an Introduction to the Country Newspaper
 Newspapers in Hagerstown during the Civil War | | Ransom of Hagerstown from Herald and Torch Light
 A detailed account of the ransom of Hagerstown and General McCausland's rampage through Washington and Frederick counties. | | Hagerstown and Washington County
 A brief history of Washington County and Hagerstown, Maryland | | Burning and Destruction of Chambersburg, PA
 Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, burned by rebel cavalry July 30th 1864. | |
