Unimportant Arrest
Summary
Ulysses Hobbs, who turned traitor after not getting a commission in the Potomac Home Brigade, was arrested at Monocacy Junction for displaying his treasonable opinions. He was with Early, a collector of Carroll's Manor rents, who produced a small secession flag when the train pulled up. Hobbs took the flag and pinned it on his chest, with "some bombastic expressions...." Horace Penniman, clerk to the Frederick Provost Marshal, advised him to give up the flag. A scuffle ensued. Captain Yellott, officer in command at the Junction, arrested Hobbs and offered to release him if he gave the oath of allegiance. Hobbs refused, and he and Early were sent to a jail in Baltimore.
Article Source
Newspaper: The Valley Register
Publication Date: August 1st, 1862
Page/Column: 2C
Town: Middletown, MD
County: Frederick
Subjects
- Civilian Divided Loyalties
- Civil Liberties
