Architectural History of the Maryland Agricultural College

The College Park Campus began on this hilltop. In 1856, Charles Benedict Calvert of Riversdale gave 420 acres for the founding of Maryland Agricultural College. The original College building was the Barracks, a beautiful six-story gothic structure completed in 1859 ...

Battery A, Maryland Light Artillery

(Front):Maryland's Tribute

to her loyal sons

Rigby's Maryland Battery A

(Right):Losses in action

Killed 5 - Wounded 18 - Missing 3.

Total 26.

Strength at Gettysburg

Officers 4 - Enlisted men 102.

(Left):Organized at Baltimore, Md.

October 1861

Consolidated with Battery B,

Maryland Light Artillery

March 11, 1865.

(Back):Principal Engagements

Seven Days & Battles ...

Formerly Maryland Park

Maryland Park was opened in 1921. It served as the site of the annual Emancipation Day Celebration until 1933. The first Columbus public pool was constructed here in 1929 as the Center of Eastside Social and Recreation Activities. It was ...

1st Maryland Battalion

Point reached by

First Md

Battalion C.S.A.

July 3rd

1863

Marker is at the intersection of Geary Avenue and Slocum Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Geary Avenue.

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Maryland

(Front):To

the memory of

Her Sons

who fell on

Virginia's Soil

(Left Side):Unheralded

Unorganizaed

Unarmed

They came for

conscience sake

and died for right

(Back):Alike in blood.

Alike in faith.

They sleep alike

the last sleep

of the

brave.

(Right Side):Manassas

1861.

Appomattox

1865.

Marker is on Quarles Drive, on the right when traveling east.

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Maryland's Eastern Shore

Hundreds of Enslaved and Free Black Men Enlisted

Although isolated from Maryland's largest population centers, the Eastern Shore was important to the state's role in the Civil War and exemplified the citizens' divided loyalties.

In the years before the war, enslaved African-Americans ...

Maryland's Eastern Shore

Hundreds of Enslaved and Free Black Men Enlisted

Although isolated from Maryland's largest population centers, the Eastern Shore was important to the state's role in the Civil War and exemplified the citizens' divided loyalties.

In the years before the war, ...

Maryland

(Front):To

the memory of

Her Sons

who fell on

Virginia's Soil

(Left Side):Unheralded

Unorganizaed

Unarmed

They came for

conscience sake

and died for right

(Back):Alike in blood.

Alike in faith.

They sleep alike

the last sleep

of the

brave.

(Right Side):Manassas

1861.

Appomattox

1865.

Marker is on Quarles Drive, on the right when traveling east.

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Western Maryland Station

This is the original station where

President Lincoln’s

train arrived November 18th, 1863.

After the dedication of the National

Cemetery and the delivery of the

Gettysburg Address on November 19th,

the train departed from this station.

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Carlisle Street (U.S. ...

1st Maryland Artillery (CSA)

Maryland

1st Md. Artillery.

Ewell's Division.

C.S.A.

The battery under the

command of Capt.

Wm. F. Dement,

occupied a position in

the field in the rear

of this marker.

The monument to the

Maryland troops is

near the Dunkard

Church.

Marker is on Harpers Ferry Road, on the right when traveling north.

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