Hagerstown, MD

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Washington County, MD
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In Maryland, the Antietam National Cemetery is officially dedicated on the battle's fifth anniversary. Battles/Soldiers
In torrential rain, the Army of Northern Virginia begins its retreat from Pennsylvania Battles/Soldiers
Roger Taney defends abolitionist minister Jacob Gruber against charges of inciting a slave riot. Legal/Political
- The Second Corps of the Army of Virginia crosses the Potomac and marches on Pennsylvania Battles/Soldiers
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New York Commercial Advertiser, "Riot at Carlisle," June 5, 1847
New York Tribune, "Riot at Carlisle," June 7, 1847
Carlisle (PA) Herald, "Tumult and Riot," June 9, 1847
Robert Emory to George Fechtig, June 9, 1847
George Fechtig to Robert Emory, June 9, 1847
Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, "Alarming Riot," June 10, 1847
George Fechtig to Robert Emory, June 11, 1847
Providence (RI) Manufacturers and Farmers Journal, "The Slave Riot at Carlisle, Pa.,” June 14, 1847
Boston (MA) Liberator, “The Slave Riot at Carlisle, Pa.,” June 18, 1847
Carlisle (PA) Herald, “Death of Mr. Kennedy,” June 30, 1847
Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, “Death of Mr. Kennedy,” July 1, 1847
Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, “Public Meeting,” July 1, 1847
Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, “Public Meeting at Hagerstown,” July 15, 1847
Carlisle (PA) Herald, “Judge Hepburn’s Protest,” September 8, 1847
Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, “What the Hagerstown Papers Say,” September 9, 1847
Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “Fugitive Slave,” June 23, 1859
New York Times, “A Fugitive Slave Case in Washington,” June 25, 1859
Washington (DC) National Intelligencer, “The Alarm in Pennsylvania,” June 16, 1863
Abraham Lincoln to George Gordon Meade, July 14, 1863
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