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.
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.
Secession sentiment in Maryland depended on what part of the state you are talking about. Western Maryland, like Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia. was strongly Unionist. There were few slaves. Most of the whites were descendants of Scots-Irish and German pioneers and small farmers, who had no use for Tidewater planters and the slave system. Southern Maryland, an extension of Tidewater Virginia, was pro-Confederate, sharing the same plantation culture as much of the Lowland South. The Eastern Shore was a mixed bag. While having a Southern like culture, the area’s isolation inclined many locals toward neutrality, as was the case during the War of Independence. After the Civil War, the popularity of the Lost Cause caused greater sympathy toward the former Confederacy.
“Most folks in Maryland were much in favor of secession. I believe Delaware wanted to secede as well.”
Well, Delaware was a slave state, though certainly not a major one.