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Civil War Maryland, American Chronicles

Compelling stories from a state on the border of the Mason-Dixon line that illustrate its unique role in the American Civil War.

By the time the American Civil War began, the agrarian, slave-owning South and the rapidly industrializing North had become almost two separate nations. As a border state with ties to both sides, Maryland and its people played a unique role in the war.

This series of essays on Maryland’s involvement in the conflict and its aftermath highlights some of the personalities and events that make Maryland’s Civil War stories unusual and compelling. Author Richard P. Cox draws on original sources and contributions from historians to relate the many ironies, curiosities, and legends that abound.

Richard P Cox

Richard P. Cox is an attorney in private practice, a freelance writer and an amateur historian with a lifelong interest in the Civil War. A native of Minnesota, he has lived in Annapolis for fifteen years and has developed a fascination with Maryland's Civil War legacy. He is a member of the Baltimore and Chesapeake Civil War Roundtables. He can be reached at praecipe101@msn.com.

The History Press