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Twenty-year-old Margaret E. Buckey, of Frederick County, made this quilt in 1857, expressing her patriotic feelings. The Liberty Pole between the two flags may also have expressed anti-slavery feelings, as Buckey was a member of the anti-slavery Brethren Church and also lived near anti-slavery Quakers. See Gloria Seaman Allen and Nancy Gibson Tuckhorn, A Maryland Album, Quiltmaking Traditions, 1634-1934 (1995), 153-55. (Historical Society of Carroll County; courtesy of the MD Assoc. for Family and Community Education)

In June of 1859, John Brown, two of his sons, and a companion stopped in Hagerstown as they traveled from Chambersburg, PA, to their rented farm in southern Washington County. They spent the night in the Washington House, with Brown and his sons registering under the aliases I. Smith & Sons. The hotel register is now preserved in the Western Maryland Room of the Washington County Free Library. (Courtesy of Western Maryland Room, Washington County Free Library)

Detail of the hotel register showing the signature I. Smith & Sons (Courtesy of Western Maryland Room, Washington County Free Library)

The Washington House in Hagerstown is shown in this image from Harpers Weekly, September 28, 1861 (NPS History Collection)

An 1821 hand tub pumper that was owned by the United Fire Company No. 3 of Frederick; this pumper was used to fight the blaze that destroyed the Frederick County Courthouse in 1861, a blaze that some suspected was arson associated with the Civil War (Courtesy of Chip Jewell)

The maker of this Union flag quilt is not known, but the quilt is believed to have come from Washington County. Created in 1861, during the first year of the Civil War, it is adorned with thirty-four stars. (Image from Gloria Seaman Allen and Nancy Gibson Tuckhorn, A Maryland Album Quiltmaking Traditions, 1634-1934 [1995])

The cover of the sheet music for Barbara Frietchie, published in 1874 (Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection, Sheridan Libraries, Johns Hopkins University)

A patriotic Civil War apron, worn by Mary Himes Fox of New Bethlehem, PA (Gettysburg National Military Park)

A notice about Union aprons from the Hagerstown Herald of Freedom & Torch Light, May 29, 1861

This September 1861 cover from Harpers Weekly is titled A Female Rebel in Baltimore, and shows a woman wearing clothing displaying the Confederate colors (Courtesy of Princeton University Library)

This paper ballot from the 1864 election has the names of Republican (National Union) Party candidates and their offices. Abraham Lincoln is identified as the Republican nominee for the presidency; candidates for offices in the state of Maryland are also listed. (Gettysburg National Military Park)

This spy glass belonged to Captain John E. Cook, who participated with John Brown in the 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry. The spy glass was found in Cooks valise. (Harpers Ferry National Historical Park)

Civil War metal canteen, featuring oil paintings of the Dunker Church on one side and the Burnside Bridge on the other. This canteen was donated by Elmer Boyer, a local man who salvaged the wreckage of the Dunker Church when it collapsed in a windstorm in 1924, and preserved the materials until it was reconstructed in 1962. (Antietam National Battlefield)

Samuel Mummas pocketwatch was the only heirloom saved by the family before their farm was burned during the Battle of Antietam. It features a fob made from his wife Elizabeth's hair. (Antietam National Battlefield)

Compass used by Dr. William B. Wheeler, a Marylander from Boonsboro who served as an Assistant Surgeon in the 8th Maryland Infantry (Antietam National Battlefield)

Corps badge belonging to Dr. Wheeler, 8th Maryland Infantry (Antietam National Battlefield)

Military drum carried by Sebastian Mayer, Musician, Company C, 1st Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, and found on the field after the battle at Antietam (Antietam National Battlefield)

A Springfield model 1855 rifle, one of the primary weapons through the first part of the Civil War (Gettysburg National Military Park)

A Springfield model 1861 rifle, the most common weapon used by the U.S. Army in the Civil War (National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution)

This lead minie ball was likely fired from a Sharps Carbine. It was found in Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. (Harpers Ferry National Historical Park)

Two flattened minie balls saved by 1st Lieutenant George Davis of the 10th Vermont from the Battle of Monocacy. One of the balls supposedly wounded one of Daviss friends Davis received the Medal of Honor for his bravery during the battle. (Monocacy National Battlefield)

U.S. Army blanket used during the Civil War (Monocacy National Battlefield)

Wool Union cavalry officers forage cap belonging to Captain Joseph H. Clark of the 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry (Gettysburg National Military Park)

Artillery kepi worn by Captain John A. Tompkins, Battery A, 1st Rhode Island Artillery (Antietam National Battlefield)

Wool felt slouch hat that belonged to Confederate soldier William J. Jones of the 1st Alabama Infantry (Gettysburg National Military Park)

Wool Zouave-style short jacket worn by men of the 10th New York Volunteer Infantry. It has no collar or buttons, and was worn with blue trousers. (Gettysburg National Military Park)

Zouave jacket likely worn by a musician in the 5th New York Volunteers (Antietam National Battlefield)

Wool frock coat worn by enlisted men of the 1st South Carolina Infantry (Colored). It has brass eagle buttons down the front. (Gettysburg National Military Park)

Officers sack coat worn by Dr. William Wheeler of the 8th Maryland Infantry (Antietam National Battlefield)

Field grade officers artillery frock coat and trousers of Capt. John A. Tompkins, Battery A, 1st Rhode Island Artillery (Antietam National Battlefield)

Wool Hospital Stewards shell jacket belonging to a Union soldier, with brass eagle buttons. (Gettysburg National Military Park)

Confederate infantry officers gray frock coat with three gold stripes indicating the rank of Captain. Brass buttons are decorated with the Virginia state seal. (Gettysburg National Military Park)

Staff officers frock coat belonging to Lt. Henry Kyd Douglas, from Washington County (Antietam National Battlefield)

In the spring of 1864, a Baltimore merchant secretly sent a shipment of supplies to the Confederacy, including this uniform coat. The coat was a gift to Robert E. Lee from the women Southern sympathizers of Frederick and Carroll Counties in Maryland. (Courtesy of the Virginia Historical Society)

Shell jacket belonging to Lt. Col. Roger Preston Chew, from Charlestown, Commander of the Horse Artillery in the Army of Northern Virginia (Harpers Ferry National Historical Park)

Pair of black leather Civil War shoes found at Gettysburg (Gettysburg National Military Park)

Wool swallowtail pennant that mounted on the lances of the 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry (Rushs Lancers). The pennant belonged to General George Meades son, George Meade, Jr., who was a 2nd Lieutenant in Company C of the regiment. (Gettysburg National Military Park)

Members of Rushs Lancers guard the roads around Sharpsburg after the Battle of Antietam (Frank Leslies Illustrated News, November 29, 1862; courtesy of Princeton University Library)

A portion of a Confederate flag belonging to one of the regiments of General George Picketts command. The flag was captured at the Battle of Five Forks, Virginia, on April 1, 1865 by Lt. Jacob Koogle of the 7th Maryland Infantry. Koogle, from Middletown, Maryland, received the Medal of Honor for capturing this flag. (Gettysburg National Military Park)

An oak crutch used by Confederate J. L. Cooke of the 4th Virginia Infantry during his wedding. Cooke was wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862. (Gettysburg National Military Park)

Surgeons implements and case used by Dr. William B. Wheeler, 8th Maryland Infantry and a resident of Boonsboro before the war (Antietam National Battlefield)

Shovel used to bury dead soldiers on the battlefield (Antietam National Battlefield)

Original headboard from the battlefield grave of Confederate soldier A.W. Spaight, 4th NC (Antietam National Battlefield)

1929 sketch by I.G. Bradwell, former member of the 31st Georgia, showing battle lines at the Battle of Monocacy, and troops marching to the battle (Monocacy National Battlefield)

Detail of Bradwells Monocacy sketch

Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) pin. The GAR was a Union veterans organization. (Monocacy National Battlefield)

Antietam National Cemetery Memorial Shadowbox, created by Sharpsburg resident John Philemon Smith in 1886. All of the items in the shadowbox were collected by Smith on the Antietam battlefield. (Courtesy of the Maryland Historical Society)

Detail of the Smith shadowbox

Ribbon of the Emancipation Association of Frederick, Maryland, c.late nineteenth century (Courtesy of L. Tilden Moore)

Official Program from the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Antietam (Antietam National Battlefield)

Souvenir ribbon from the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Antietam (Antietam National Battlefield)

This project has been generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Park Service, the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area, Frederick Community College, and others. See Credits page for full list.

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