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. This vo... Read More
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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. This vo... Read More
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. This volume will appeal to those who want to be introduced to the Civil War in Maryland as well as to those already well versed in the subject.
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Pages: 160
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Series: Civil War Series
Publication Date: 15th July 2008
State: Maryland
Illustration Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781596294196
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) HISTORY / Military / Pictorial HISTORY / Military / United States HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Author Bio
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.
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. This volume will appeal to those who want to be introduced to the Civil War in Maryland as well as to those already well versed in the subject.
Pages: 160
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Series: Civil War Series
Publication Date: 15th July 2008
State: Maryland
Illustrations Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781596294196
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) HISTORY / Military / Pictorial HISTORY / Military / United States HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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.
