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Historic Newspaper Indexing Project
Funded in part by the Mary K. Bowman Fund for Historical and Fine Arts administered by
the Community Foundation of Washington County MD, Inc., and the Riggs-Conard Trust Fund.


Highlight Articles from Hagerstown Newspapers
150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK IN THE CIVIL WAR

Lincoln at Antietam (courtesy Library of Congress)
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

Canal in Washington County
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

Maj. Samuel Ringgold
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

Cornfield at Antietam
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

Hagerstown Mail
Newspapers in Hagerstown during the Civil War
Ransom of Hagerstown from Herald and Torch Light

Hagerstown Bank
A detailed account of the ransom of Hagerstown and General McCausland's rampage through Washington and Frederick counties.
Hagerstown and Washington County

Hagerstown Mail
A brief history of Washington County and Hagerstown, Maryland
Burning and Destruction of Chambersburg, PA

Chambersburg
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, burned by rebel cavalry July 30th 1864.
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