Maryland and the Confederacy

The U.S. Government, located in Washington D.C. was surrounded by Maryland and Virginia. Since Virginia had already joined the Confederacy, it was critical in the survival of the Union that Maryland not be allowed to secede. The State was quickly ...

Battle of Maryland Heights

Maryland's First Civil War Battle

(Preface): After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's smashing victory over Union Gen. John Pope at the Second Battle of Manassas, Lee decided to invade the North to reap the fall harvest, gain Confederate recruits, earn foreign ...

Rowan's GA, formerly 3d Maryland Battery

Capt. W.W. Carnes' Artillery Battalion.

Rowan's GA, formerly 3d Maryland Battery

Four 12 pounder Napoleons.

Capt. W.W. Carnes' Artillery Battalion.

Stevenson's Div.,

Nov. 25th, 1863, 11 A.M.

Capt. Jno. B.Rowan, Commanding,

1st Lieut. William L. Ritter,

2d Lieut. Thomas D. Giles,

2d Lieut. James W. Doncaster.

This battery with its ...

The Rebirth of a Maryland Historical Treasure

Originally built in 1906 by the United Railways and Electric Company on this site, stood the once grand Bay Shore Park Restaurant. As the picture below captures the beauty of the former building's elaborate architecture complete with pergolas and towers, ...

The DeButts Family Comes to Maryland - Mount Welby

[Panel 1:] The DeButts Family Comes to Maryland

Samuel DeButts was born in Ireland in 1756. He began a career as a doctor in England and there met and married his wife, Mary Welby, in 1785. Samuel’s medical practice was ...

Boundary Line Maryland - Virginia

State line located approximately 100

yards south of this point. In 1668

surveyors marked large Oak trees

to indicate the boundry. These

came to be called "Marriage

Trees" as couples traveled from

Virginia to wed under more lenient

Maryland laws. Boundry stones

were set after 1883 ...

The First National Bank and Trust Company of Western Maryland

was originally chartered as the Cumberland Bank of Alleghany by an act of the 1811 Maryland Legislature and opened for business April 1, 1812. this is the oldest bank in Western Maryland and the second oldest National Bank in the ...

Sixth Maryland Infantry Monument

The Sixth Maryland Infantry attacked over this ground in the pre-dawn hours of April 2, 1865. A portion of the regiment, led by Major Clifton K. Prentiss, poured over the Confederate works here, suffering numerous casualties in the process, including ...

Iron Production: Maryland's Industrial Past - The Iron Making Pr

Iron Production: Maryland’s Industrial Past

Maryland’s early economy and identity were based on slave-based agriculture. However, slaves were also employed in manufacturing iron, one of the first non-agricultural industries. Seeing how other colonies were successful in producing iron, the Maryland Legislature ...

Memorial to Marylanders Killed in War with Mexico

"Watson Monument"

1846-7-8

Erected by the Maryland Association of Veterans of Mexican War

1903

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Association of

the Veterans of the

Mexican War

1846-7-8

Surviving members

1903

Of the Army.

John A. Reese, Samuel C. Love, John A. Love, ...