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Correspondence

Summary

The Williamsport Ledger has provided copies of correspondence between the Williamsport Union Guards and the Sharpsburg Rifles, offering to cooperate with one another in protecting their towns and sustaining the Union sentiment. The Williamsport letter was signed by Lt. Jacob B. Masters; the Sharpsburg letter by Capt. R. Ellsworth Cook.


Article Source

Newspaper: The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light

Publication Date: May 15th, 1861

Page/Column: 2

Town: Hagerstown, MD

County: Washington

Subjects

  • Battles / Military
  • Home Front / Effects of War

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