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Browsing named entities in The Daily Dispatch: July 4, 1863., [Electronic resource]. You can also browse the collection for Maryland (Maryland, United States) or search for Maryland (Maryland, United States) in all documents.
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The War.
Incidents in Frederick, Md.--a visit from Exiles.
A letter to the Philadelphia Inquirer gives an account of the first entry (of this campaign) of the Confederate troops into Maryland.
The party consisted of about 150 men, of the 1st Maryland cavalry, under Captain Davis, formerly of Baltimore.
The day was wet and rainy.
The letter says:
About 25 of the rebel raiders dashed into the city, yelling and shouting, and brandishing their weapons.
A reserved force of 125 men remained on the hill on the West side of the city, to prevent surprise, or be ready should an attack be made upon them by the Union troops.
The party in the city scattered into small squads, riding round in every direction, searching for horses, Union soldiers, and making calls on their friends.
They went to the U. S. Army general hospital and demanded its surrender.
The hospital contained some 40 patients, sick and wounded soldiers, many of them with amputated limbs.
Among them were four or