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During the American Civil War (1861–1865), Maryland, a slave state, was one of the border states, straddling the South and North. Despite some popular support for the cause of the Confederate States of America, Maryland did not secede during the Civil War. Governor Thomas H. Hicks, despite his early sympathies for the South, helped prevent ...
May 21, 2024 · Civil War Maryland by Richard P. Cox By the time the American Civil War began, the agrarian, slave-owning South and the rapidly industrializing North had become almost two separate nations. As a border state with ties to both sides, Maryland and its people played a unique role in the war.
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Oct 6, 2020 · Fact #4: Baltimore was the site of the first blood spilled during the Civil War. Even before massed Union and Confederate armies met on the field of battle, the first casualties of the war occurred in Baltimore. On April 19, 1861, only a week after the bombardment of Fort Sumter, the 6 th Massachusetts Infantry was passing through Baltimore en ...
Civil Liberties in Crisis. The citizens of mid-Maryland lived in a crossroads of both political and military action. The location of the nation’s capital meant that Maryland’s loyalty was essential for the Union, and the federal government would take extraordinary, sometimes extra-legal, steps in mid-Maryland to ensure that the loyalties of ...
Maryland in the Civil War. 2 vols. Baltimore: J. Mart Publishers, 1985. MD F175.74.H8 1985. Book I covers the South and Book II covers the North. Both books provide a roster of soldiers, biographical information about leading players in the military, histories of the regiments, photographs, and maps. Stotelmyer, Steven R.
Jun 13, 2015 · Maryland in the Civil War. Two competing American forces battled on Southern soil for more than a year before finally tumbling into Northern territory in 1862. General Robert E. Lee believed that a victory on Union land might solidify foreign support for the Confederate cause. Maryland loomed as an attractive target: Not only was it a border ...
Oct 29, 2023 · Maryland - Military - Civil War, 1861-1865. Maryland was a border state between the Union and the Confederacy. Nearly 85,000 men signed up to join the military. Though it was a slave state, only a fourth of them joined Confederate units. The majority joined Union forces.[1]
