Posted on 01/19/2022 11:05:26 AM PST by re_tail20
So why did Lincoln imprison the Maryland legislators without trial? A great puzzle the hindsight probably can’t solve.
A mob had gathered outside the state house in Baltimore demanding secession.
When Lincoln was appraised of the situation he sent troops to guard the statehouse.
Apprised.
He who wins the war, writes the history. Look who’s won today’s war.
Writing skills of this author are really substandard.
The elected members of the Maryland legislature supported the Confederacy. On the other hand, the people did not want to break the Union. In the election of 1860, the Democratic Party split three ways on the Presidency (Bell, Breckenridge, and Douglas). If they had not, Lincoln might not have won and the Southern states would not have seceded.
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.
Did that mob represent a majority of the citizens of Maryland or just some angry southern sympathizers?
Not sure. I’d have to really look into it. Most folks in Maryland were much in favor of secession. I believe Delaware wanted to secede as well.
Besides to offer support for the insurrection 160 years later, how is this relevant? Only 30 legislators were imprisoned, so they hardly represented the majority. However, while its unclear whether Lincoln’s actions were legitimate use of war powers, it’s plain that Maryland was in a state of war. Its own Governor destroyed the bridges and railways around Baltimore to prevent their use by union troops heading South.
It was a Marylander that assassinated President Lincoln.
IBDD
Below the Mason-Dixon line
During the war Maryland raised 19 infantry regts, 4 cavalry regts, 1 heavy artillery regt, and 5 artillery batteries for the Union Army.
Maryland raised 2 infantry regts, 2 cavalry regts, and 4 artillery batteries for the Confederate Army.
Looks like most folks in Maryland were much in favor of remaining in the Union.
I grew up in rural Maryland in the sixties and seventies, and at that time, the matter was far from settled.
Is it still the case that it is illegal to run a train through Baltimore without stopping?
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