Messrs. Mittag & Sneary…
Summary
At recent Union meeting in Sharpsburg, a 115 foot-high Union pole was raised. Capt. R.E. Cook’s Rifle Corps was present. Levi R. Shaw was made president; Capt. David Smith, vice president; and John Snyder and Capt. R.E. Cook, secretaries. J.D. Bennett of Hagerstown gave an address. Among its resolutions, it declared opposition “to all secession or revolutionary movements” and supported Gov. Hicks’ repeated refusal to convene the state legislature.
Article Source
Newspaper: The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light
Publication Date: February 13th, 1861
Page/Column: 2D
Town: Hagerstown, MD
County: Washington
Subjects
- Pre-War Events
- Politics
