Maryland Voices of the Civil WarCharles W. Mitchell Winner, 2007-2008 Founders Award. The Museum of the Confederacy Winner of the Founders Award from the American Civil War Museum No state better exemplified the vital role of a border state than Maryland—where the passage of time has not dampened debates over issues such as the alleged right of secession and executive power versus civil liberties in wartime. In Maryland Voices of the Civil War, Charles W. Mitchell draws upon hundreds of letters, diaries, and period newspapers—many previously unpublished—to portray the passions of a wide variety of people—merchants, slaves, soldiers, politicians, freedmen, women, clergy, slave owners, civic leaders, and children—caught in the emotional vise of war. Mitchell tells the compelling story of how Maryland African Americans escaped from slavery and fought for the Union and their freedom alongside white soldiers and he reinforces the provocative notion that Maryland’s Southern sympathies—while genuine—never seriously threatened to bring about a Confederate Maryland. Maryland Voices of the Civil War illuminates the human complexities of the Civil War era and the political realignment that enabled Marylanders to abolish slavery in their state before the end of the war. |
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Contents
INDECISION | 9 |
Fall 1860Winter 1861 | 15 |
April 1861 | 48 |
May 1861 | 92 |
Summer 1861 | 124 |
OCCUPATION | 149 |
Recruits | 203 |
Arrests | 229 |
Prison | 264 |
Rebels | 297 |
LIBERATION | 357 |
Black Troops | 400 |
Freedom? | 434 |
Murder | 458 |