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General Mcclellan's Entrance Into Frederick

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Day
26
Month
September
Year
1862
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Public Domain
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ÏÜK KXTHAXCí: INTO FREOKKICK i ai éo fuil of interest atj.j importunetliat I cunnot bilt give y,u, n more detuiled uccount than was posible in my Itot hLnied ktter from thi.s poi t.-l Genural Burnsidu hud, on Friday night, drivun nut the mar gunrd if thé rb nnny, and raewvwd Imm tb penplo (,f tljo town the lirst outbuwt of their jny ut being dcl.VLTed fiom thepvvny of ihe invadors 'l'he central cciluinn was n.;xt morning on foot !Kvaucn toum-d the lovvn, whiuh v:is wiUTed ilh {jen. McClellanat i!s head at about 10 (j'ulotk A. M. Saturday. GEX m'cLELLAN UIDES THKOUOn TUE COL UMM TO TIIR FKONT. The folumn had hsilted a moment to rost b(ie entering üiö city of Frederck. The vvide turnpike w'as üllcd wilh soldier?, ind anotlu-r column was n.o. ving ihionb the fiolds upon the uide ol theroad. Presontlv a olond of dust i'as seen rising on the turnpike, abofe wliich a largo American rlag was seep waving. The Boldiers knew in a momen', its signifidance, and ut once the name of McClellan was in everv inan'f ïnoulh. Quiotly and engeily eaoh Mixed liis muskot, nnd the 'middle uf tilo wid lurnpike wa.s clenrëd to g!vè pa.iíHgo thmugh to ih.rr f.ivnriU; Cfofiitrai. l'n.-seniy he ro Sflncncjs to iide mpidly through ths open ranks, wiíh Uto heail uiiooverud, when such a nhout and yelJ is niisod as 1 nev heard heforo, il was no ordinary t-hout, Lc.it one a ipniituneon, s i irresistible, a" pregnant witli Leling, tha' I am srnre 1 huaid Itw likc b.fore. Even solver seecüed u dev. tee, a herp w rshíppef, añd Gunot-iil MeCtelhn was their lier.). Thoy were f.w tho lime ttil Frenehmea, and "trrr. 1 beiiuvo, did Lhe " Vive ' Empcrew!'' risa wil) c;:ch un animaled enlliusiasm M did ilio .-houtá oí thu Aruiy of tho Poioaiac when thcir leadur pasead tu 'the front, iibotH to ijnter the town of Frederick. Never have I rftncwnid adu.iraiion and uonfide.iuü iüi niiiniíesr, so tf-priivnilitig'. It was an adniiraüon wliich tu i yh t almost seein like adora;i)n. oen. m'clellan i:xn:;t3 diedeüick. I had previoi'sly seen f'uw indc:tio;is of a genuino Ioyalry n Maryland. The people had seemed ull Too loiid ol tátkmg nbout viohiiinns of ;ho consalu lion, and grounds of coniplaint nguinM the guvemment, nnd ihe injuM.-a of tho South. I was M!rj)i;ed, i ideed, on approachin.í tho town. to feu sciirc'elv a boue without tlie Stars and Slripe, and, on rnany hoüses, onrt. ly a MÍ!:dow' Vt without ono. Paoplu were throng. ing tho stree'.s, ind bulconius, and pinaíáí. waving fj.lg3 ;,,id baiwJkewhiefá, and makingthe rtíaat LJearty'inít}at(ms of their jov at rtj evéd f rom ihc SmUhern troops. No peopli ever bml ed a dliverer wi'.h o:ore sincero cor dinlily than did the people of Frederick liai! Gen. McGlel:au. I had hot ex peded it. Frcderick ia firrnly nnd de oidedly oyal. I rejoiuu to bslievo that Maryland is more loyal than she lias seenied. I ani wb!I nigh persuaded that the indioalions oí disloya'ty which I havo witneíscd, huvo been forcé d put !y lhe slutineful coBduct nf oir arinv. We havo never paid half the regard to tho poople of Virginia which tliey bave a;d to the pêópTo of Frederick ; yet scarcely a bIhuv of Eympttthy wus drawn fortli fi'om tbcin. The people were free aud they used thoir freedom to show their fidehty. Let tho people of Frederiuk ba alwayo rugarded ih peculiar gratitude. The aemduct ui tho people should be a oause ol greater pejükifvg than to have guined a victo ry in batlle. lt was a severer blow to the enemy :han the moot disastrous defeat. They lave left in acknovvledged disgust and discouragement, and onr nnny enteru Lhetovn in the undoubted character cf iberators. The day when Gen. MuClellan entered their city will bo re membured many a year by the people of Frederiuk,

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