Incidents of the Fourth
Summary
The 4th of July in Frederick passed pretty quietly, but Lloyd Luckett was arrested for disturbing the peace, two secession flags were seized, and a rebel headdress at the home of J.W. Heard was seized by the Provost Marshal.
Transcript
The celebration of the Fourth of July was ___ here with unusual quiet and good order and but one or two trifling incidents occurred to prove that there __ a division of sentiment in the community, respecting the veneration in which the day ought to be held. When the procession was forming in W. Second Street, the Provost Marshal arrested Lloyd Luckett for an attempt to create a disturbance. He was released after the Procession started. Two females, who were reckless enough to exhibit a small secession flag on the corner of Market and Second Streets, had the emblem of Treason wrested from them. A red, white and red “nube” or head dress, hung out of the window at the residence of J. W. Heard, said to have been offensively placed there by his wife, was sent low and seized by the Provost Marshall, as a violation of the Treason law of the State. Except these, there was no exhibition of the disloyal feeling, which is known to possess the __ in our midst, but which they had the prudence to suppress.
Article Source
Newspaper: The Frederick Examiner
Publication Date: July 9th, 1862
Page/Column: 2
Town: Frederick, MD
County: Frederick
Subjects
- Home Front / Effects of War
