During the American Civil War, Maryland, a slave state, was one of the border states, meaning that it shared a border with a non slave-holding state of the North. Despite some popular support for the
8th Massachusetts regiment repairing railroad bridges from Annapolis to Washington.
The Baltimore Riot of April 1861
Governor Thomas Hicks
Cannon on Federal Hill, aimed at downtown Baltimore
Maryland, My Maryland
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"Maryland, My Maryland" is the former state song of the U.S. state of Maryland from 1939 until 2021. The lyrics are from a nine-stanza poem written by James Ryder Randall in 1861 and sung to an old Ge
The original sheet music of "Maryland, My Maryland"
James Ryder Randall in 1861, the year he wrote "Maryland, My Maryland"