About Hagerstown, Maryland:
Hagerstown was founded in 1762 by Jonathan Hager, a volunteer Captain of Scouts during the French and Indian War. Hager has been called the "Father of Washington County" due to his having laid the groundwork for its separation from Frederick County in 1776 and the subsequent creation of Hagerstown as County Seat.
In 1864, Hagerstown was invaded by the Confederate Army under General Jubal Early. On Wednesday, July 6, Early sent 1,500 cavalry, commanded by Brigadier-General John McCausland, into Hagerstown to levy a ransom for $200,000 and a large amount of clothing, in retribution for Federal destruction of farms, feed and cattle in the Shenandoah Valley. McCausland misread the amount, and instead only collected $20,000. This is in contrast to Chambersburg, which McCausland razed on July 30 when the borough failed to supply the requested ransom of $500,000 in US currency, or $100,000 in gold.
In 1877, 15 years after the Battle of Antietam, also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, the Confederate dead from that battle were reinterred in Washington Confederate Cemetery, in Rosehill Cemetery, Hagerstown.
Hagerstown's nickname of the "Hub City" came from the large number of railroads that served the city. Hagerstown was the center of the Western Maryland Railway and an important city on the Reading, Pennsylvania, Norfolk and Western, Baltimore and Ohio, and Hagerstown and Frederick Railroads. Currently it is still a vital location on CSX, Norfolk Southern, and the Winchester and Western Railroad.
Hagerstown includes the friendly communities of Bairs Development, Beaver Creek, Beaver Creek Estates, Black Rock Estates, Brighton Manor, Brightwood, Brightwood Acres, Carriage Hill, Carroll Heights, City, City Park, Clearview Heights, Colonial Park, Cortland Manor, Cross Creek, Darby Condos, Downtown, East Ridge, Edgewood, Fairchild Heights, Fieldstone, Fountain Head, Fountainhead, Fairway Meadows, Fountainview, Foxleigh Meadows, Freedom Hills, Friendship Park, Gardenspot, Gateway Crossing, Glenmar Meadows, Greenberry Hill, Greenwich Park, Hagers Crossing, Halfway, Hamilton Park, Hamptons of Brightwood, Hillside Manor, Kenly Square, Kensington Village, Kenwood, Londontowne, Long Meadow, Lurose Estates, Maple Valley Estates, Maugansville, Morningside Heights, North End, North Village, Northbrook Estates, Northgate, Northridge Manor, Oak Ridge, Pangborn Development, Paradise Heights, Paramount Manor, Paradise Manor, Park Overlook, Pleasant View, Potomac Heights, Potomac Manor, Potomac Ridge, Redamar Estates, Robinwood, Seneca Ridge, South Pointe, St James Village, Summerland Manor, Sunset Acres, Terrace Hills, The Terrace, Towne Oak Village, Twin Ridge, Village North, West Fields, Woodberry Commons,, Woodbridge, Woodcrest, Woodlands North, Yorkshire, Collegiate Acres, Irvin Heights, Mt. Aetna, Woodmoor, Avonlea Hills Estates, Burgesser, Old Trail Estates, Sycamore Heights, Winding Creek, Cedar Lawn, Cool Hollow Estates, Crest Valley, Crystal Falls, Greenfield, Historic Hagerstown, Kings Crest, Noland Village, Old Trail Estates, Robin’s Glenn, Rocky Springs, Spring Valley and Talawanda Heights. If you are looking to buy or sell a home in any of these fine communities, call Bev D'Amour. If it’s not Exceptional, it’s not Acceptable!!
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