Ransom of Hagerstown - Hagerstown, MD
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Don.Morfe
N 39° 38.581 W 077° 43.358
18S E 266374 N 4391679
Confederate General John McCausland met with town officials and the directors of the Hagerstown Bank in the court clerk's office to finalize payment of a $20,000 ransom levied in retaliation for Union destruction in the Shenandoah Valley.
Waymark Code: WM1291M
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 04/02/2020
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Ransom of Hagerstown-This courthouse was built in 1873, replacing the courthouse that stood at this site during the Civil War. In 1864, Confederate General John McCausland met with town officials and the directors of the Hagerstown Bank in the court clerk's office to finalize payment of a $20,000 ransom levied in retaliation for Union destruction in the Shenandoah Valley.
The former courthouse, constructed in 1785, was used as a hospital in the weeks after the Battle of Antietam in 1862.
Colonel Henry Kyd Douglas, youngest officer on the staff of Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, practiced law from his office on West Washington Street following the Civil War and later served as a judge of the Circuit Court.
Type of site: Other
Address:
Intersection of West Washington Street (U.S. 40) and Summit Avenue
Located on the side of the Washington County Courthouse.
Hagerstown , MD USA
21740
Admission Charged: No Charge
Website: [Web Link]
Phone Number: Not listed
Driving Directions: Not listed
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