The General Assembly met in Frederick’s Kemp Hall in the spring and summer of 1861 but sputtered to a halt in September after Federal soldiers arrested many pro-Southern legislators to ensure Maryland’s loyalty. With these delegates arrested prior to reaching Frederick, a quorum could not be reached and a vote on secession could not be taken. List of Wounded Soldiers that died in Hospital of 2nd Corps, Gettysburg. Marylanders faced the choice of remaining with the Union or seceding with the South. The state was predominantly pro-Union, but, to ensure the state’s loyalty Abraham Lincoln advised Maryland Governor Thomas Hicks to convene the 1861 General Assembly in Frederick, where Union sentiment was stronger than in Annapolis. to furthering an understanding of the Civil War in relation to Pennsylvania and.

Issues of slavery and states rights had strong ties to the nearby Mason-Dixon Line, the 1857 Dred Scott decision, John Brown’s ill-fated insurrection plot at Harpers Ferry, and the hotly contested Presidential election of 1860. Of the Union as well as the Southern strategy for independence. The significance of the Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area began long before the war broke out. As a border state with a sizeable pro-Southern constituency, Maryland was a crucial lynchpin for both the preservation Middletown in the Civil War (HM26G) Location: Middletown, MD 21769 Frederick County Buy Maryland State flags at Country: United States of America Buy United States of America flags at N 39 26.632', W 77 32.

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