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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.


The Historic Newspaper Indexing Project began in 1980 as an aid to patrons researching Washington County history and genealogy. An Index to Hagerstown Newspapers is a multi-volume subject and personal name index to local and regional news published in weekly and semi-weekly newspapers in Hagerstown, Maryland between 1790 and 1890. The printed volumes covering the period from 1790 to 1849 and 1860 to 1865 are already completed and are on the open shelves at The Washington County Free Library (WCFL) in Hagerstown and in the Reference sections of the county branches. Microfilms of the original newspapers are available for the public's use at the WCFL Information Desk in Hagerstown.
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* * * * 1845 to 1852 and 1860 to 1865 * * * *

1845-1849 Index now available in hardcover!
HOW TO PURCHASE INDIVIDUAL VOLUMES
An Index to Hagerstown Newspapers
The indexes to Hagerstown newspapers from 1790 to 1849 and 1860 to 1865 are available in book form and on CD. See the Order Form.

WHILBR
WHILBR-Battle of Antietam and the Establishment of Antietam National Cemetery
Hagerstown Newspapers During the Civil War with an Introduction to the Country Newspaper
Hagerstown and Washington County
Maryland State Archive
Guides to Maryland 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.
Civil War in Hagerstown and Washington County

Cornfield at Antietam
A brief look at Hagerstown and Washington County during the Civil War.
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.
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