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Maryland in the American Civil War
Fort McHenryJean Foncin designed the fort in 1798. He was a Frenchman who arrived to improve defenses for the Port of Baltimore. Construction began that same year and…
Maryland in the American Civil WarMaryland, a slave state, sat between the North and South during the American Civil War. The 1860 Federal Census showed nearly as many free blacks (83,942) as…
Baltimore riot of 1861In 1861, many Baltimoreans did not support a violent conflict with their southern neighbors and some of them strongly sympathized with the Southern cause.
Eastern theater of the American Civil WarThe eastern theater of the American Civil War stretched across Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and coastal North Carolina.