Cumberland, MD--History

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal.

Thanks of the City Council to the Citizen Volunteers. —At a meeting of the Mayor and Council, held on Wednesday, the 3d inst; the following preamble and resolutions were adopted:—

Whereas, on Monday, the 1st. of August, the peace and safety of our city was endangered by an invading enemy, and the military authorities called on the citizens for volunteer aid, therefore

Mass Meeting of Citizens.

In accordance with previous notice a large and more than ordinarily enthusiastic meeting was held at the Market House, on Friday evening, the 5th inst. On motion the following officers were chosen:

President DR. C. H. Ohr, Mayor of city.

Vice-Presidents J.W. Magruder, John Gephart, A; M. L. Bush.

Secretaries-— A. J. Boose, Geo, T. Knorr.

CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND.

Wednesday Morning, August 3, 1864.

The Week’s News.

The Invasion.

Burning of Chambersburg

A letter to the Philadelphia Inquirer dated at Chambersburg on Monday, August 1 says:

THE ALLEGANIAN

CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND.

Wednesday Morning July 20, 1864

THE WEEK’S NEWS

Battle of Monocacy

Battle of Monocacy. The special correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer, writing under date of Baltimore July 12th, after detailing the falling back from Frederick of Gen. Wallace’s forces, and their taking position on the Monocacy, says:

The Raid into Maryland

Military arrests. Drs B. A. Daughterty, George Stubblefield and R.S. McKaig and family, W.O. Sprigg, Esq. and family and Mrs. W.W. McKaig and family were last week arrested by the military authorities here. Drs. McKaig, Stubblefield and Daugherty were sent to the military prison at Wheeling, Va., and Wm. O. Sprigg and family, Mrs. Wm. W. McKaig and family, and the family of Dr. R. S. McKaig were sent beyond the Federal lines.

Drowned. A boatman on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, named Tully, was accidentally drowned at Georgetown on Sunday last.

The 2nd MD P.H.B. reached here last week on their return from the severe campaign under Gen. Hunter, through the Shenandoah valley. Their appearance gave proof to the statewide of the men that they had seen real service, and endured their full share of privations arid hardships. Dr. P.S. Smith, Surgeon of the Regiment, has furnished the following list of killed and wounded, during the campaign:

Killed – Samuel Miller, veteran, Co. D; S. Wilson, company not recollected; Martin Dunkee, Co. E. killed by the accidental discharge of his own gun.

An alternate name for Folck's Mill was Pleasant Mills. This plan of the Battlefield at Pleasant Mills near Cumberland, MD was made by F. McKnight and was housed at the Office of the Chief of Engineers, US Army. It shows Jno Folck's dwelling, his barn and a grist and saw mill.

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