Early planned to demand a ransom of $200,000 from Hagerstown, MD. He sent cavalry under McCausland, who misunderstood the amount and collected $20,000 instead, plus a large amount of much-needed clothing.
June 11, 2008
Leesburg to Maryland
On our second field trip of the season, we met at a shopping center in Leesburg and went to Monocacy and Kernstown. Here's our professor introducing Jubal Early's 1864 venture into Maryland.
Early planned to demand a ransom of $200,000 from Hagerstown, MD. He sent cavalry under McCausland, who misunderstood the amount and collected $20,000 instead, plus a large amount of much-needed clothing.
Early planned to demand a ransom of $200,000 from Hagerstown, MD. He sent cavalry under McCausland, who misunderstood the amount and collected $20,000 instead, plus a large amount of much-needed clothing.
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