Explore the Civil War on the homefronts and battlefields of this border region, where armies fought at places called Antietam and Gettysburg, where divided loyalties split families and communities, and where freedom was given new meaning.
Explore databases of historic newspapers, Civil War soldiers, letters and diaries, as well as research specific to African Americans during the period.
John Brown launched his raid on Harpers Ferry, Abraham Lincoln was elected president, and the border region wrestled with loyalties.
After the war, mid-Marylanders struggled to reintegrate into their communities returning veterans from both sides of the war.
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