At Cumberland, Md., as we learn from the Wheeling
Intelligencer, the excitement on Monday was not less than it was in Baltimore. A large crowd assembled in front of the residence
of Col. Tom McKaig, a prominent Secessionist, when a pistol was fired from a
window of the house. They then commenced
throwing stones at the window which they completely demolished. The stable of McKaig was set on fire and
destroyed. All the prominent Secessionists
were compelled to leave town upon short notice.
The mob was started by the exultant manner of the Secessionists, on the
reception of the news of Banks’ rout.
At Hagerstown, Md., the Union men were terribly exasperated
and destroyed the office of the Mail, a secession paper, and the Secessionists
were fleeing the place. The Union men of
Virginia were crossing over into Maryland with their families, at Hancock and
other points, and the hills were swarming with men, women and children.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye,
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, June 7, 1862, p. 1
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