Pro-Confederate Legislators Clash in Maryland Session
In a stormy Annapolis session aligned with secession sentiment, Governor Hicks urged restraint and federal allegiance. Baltimore leaders pushed a 500000 defense bill and militia reorganization while Red Men planned to restore their meeting place. The debate touched on arsenal information in Frederick city.
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Thomas Hicks
Baltimore
Annapolis
Hicks
Maryland
No. 13
Order of Red Men
Wallis
Baltimore City
Frederick City
United States
Civil War era tensions rise in Maryland Legislature
The report details Confederate incursions and Union counterattacks near Poolesville with heavy casualties as Maryland lawmakers debate secession, neutrality, and federal war policy. It notes leaders Wallis and Early, adjournment dates in 1982, and calls for compensation for damages amid a flurry of resolutions urging neutrality and delaying war actions.
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Wallis
House
Ter
Confederate States
Senate
Confederacy
Virginia
Maryland
Maryland Legiature Ends Quietly Amid Civil War Debate
Residents report a tense session as Maryland politics clash with federal actions over secession threats. A Senate bill would fund a new Frederick County Court House while lawmakers gain travel pay and pay ministers for Divine services. Local views see Maryland as a potential battle ground if unrest continues.
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Maryland
Senate
Frederick County
Committee On
General Assembly
Telegraph Break Cuts Hagerstown to Frederick Link
On October 16, 1859 a line break near Middletown halted telegraph service between Hagerstown and Frederick. The same day saw the raid on the Harper's Ferry U S arsenal led by John Brown and his raiders.
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Haggerstown
Frederick
Middletown
U.S. Arsenal
Harper's Ferry
John Browns
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