Brutal Outrage
Summary
Four African American men were arrested for beating a wounded soldier from the General Hospital without provocation. The attacked occurred near the Eagle Iron Works in Frederick and the soldier's life "is despaired of." The men were: Lewis Potts, Charles Potts, Jacob Gross and Adam Law. Lewis Potts thought the soldier was a member of Purnell's Legion who had assaulted him earlier. The hospital inmates were "justly indignant." The attackers were brought before Maj. Greenburg, the Frederick Provost Marshal and turned over to civil authorities where they were put in jail by J. M. Harding, Esq., a justice of the peace.
Article Source
Newspaper: The Frederick Examiner
Publication Date: May 20th, 1863
Page/Column: 2
Town: Frederick, MD
County: Frederick
Subjects
- Soldiers' Lives
- African Americans
