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Gov. Hicks in Hagerstown

Summary

Maryland Governor Hicks, his secretary of state and others arrived in Hagerstown on Sunday and were cheered lustily. Hicks reviewed some of the troops. The paper praises Hicks highly for his role in keeping Maryland in the Union and says, "But for his patriotic course, we might now recognize in every soldier an enemy instead of a friend." The people of Washington County are the "warm and devoted friends" of Gov. Hicks.


Article Source

Newspaper: The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light

Publication Date: June 19th, 1861

Page/Column: 2C

Town: Hagerstown, MD

County: Washington

Subjects

  • Home Front / Effects of War
  • Politics

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