did everyone else know about this?

Logging on for a sec in between rushing in a tearing hurry through homework I really, really ought to have done sooner, but am caught up short by the following, from a brief historical chronology of the state of Maryland:

1864, July 6. Hagerstown held for ransom by Confederate forces under Gen. Jubal Early.

1864, July 9. Frederick held for ransom by Confederate forces under Gen. Jubal Early.

That Joss, he's a clever one...