So why did Lincoln imprison the Maryland legislators without trial? A great puzzle the hindsight probably can’t solve.
He who wins the war, writes the history. Look who’s won today’s war.
Writing skills of this author are really substandard.
A few years ago we vacationed on the eastern shore of Maryland. All of the Civil War monuments at the courthouses were Confederate.
One of my GG Grandfathers fought with the G.A.R. in a Frederick County, MD regiment.
My wife had G Grandfather who fought with the G.A.R. in a Baltimore County MD regiment and survived Andersonville.
It was a Marylander that assassinated President Lincoln.
IBDD
Below the Mason-Dixon line
I grew up in rural Maryland in the sixties and seventies, and at that time, the matter was far from settled.
This is kinda pointless.
Some States were strong for the Union.
Some States were strong for secession.
Some States were mixed, and Maryland was one of those.
When I was a kid in the fifties I remember people would say you could run over to Maryland and get married at the age of 14. Does anybody know if that was true?
Lyrics to Maryland, My Maryland
The despot’s heel is on thy shore
Maryland, my Maryland
His torches at thy temple door
Maryland, my Maryland
Avenge the patriotic gore
That flecked the streets of Baltimore
And be the battle queen of yore
Maryland, my Maryland
Thou wilt not cower in the dust
Maryland, my Maryland
Thy beaming sword shall never rust
Maryland, my Maryland
Remember Carroll’s sacred trust
Remember Howard’s warlike thrust
And though thy slumberers with the just
Maryland, my Maryland
Dear mother, burst the tyrant’s chain
Maryland, my Maryland
Virginia should not call in vain
Maryland, my Maryland
She meets her sisters on the plain
“Sic semper” ‘tis the proud refrain
That baffle’s minions back o’Maine
Maryland, my Maryland
Arise, arise in majesty again
Maryland, Maryland, my Maryland
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Jack Fascinato / Ernest Ford / Dp
yeah, sounds pro union to me.
from maryland’s eastern shore... or the right coast as we call it.
This book should be published in the “fiction” section of the library.
The numbers in border states who “fought” for one side can be deceiving. Often they were not really trusted by the feds who agreed to let them stay at home or they only fought if their state was invaded. I had one such ancestor from Kentucky. He served in the union army officially as he was required to do by the draft but his military records show he never left Kentucky.
Lincoln jailed the Maryland legislature without charge or trial because he feared they were about to pass an ordnance of secession. See ex parte Merryman. He also jailed sitting US Congressman from Maryland Henry May again without charge or trial.
Good for them. Can they help us get rid of Delaware?
Like it or else, MD ‘Freak State’ Ping!