Category Archives: The Civil War Series

The Civil War and Southern Maryland

Posted on May 2, 2012 by

Originally from: Letters from Linden by Fred Dellinger, CCHS Member Date: May 2011 THE CIVIL WAR AND SOUTHERN MARYLAND – 150 YEARS LATER contributed by CCHS Member Fred Dellinger Last month in this Civil War feature we presented excerpts from … Continue reading →

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150 Years After the Civil War

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

Originally from: Letters from Linden by Fred Dellinger, CCHS Member Date: April 2011 THE CIVIL WAR AND SOUTHERN MARYLAND – 150 YEARS LATER contributed by CCHS Member Fred Dellinger Last month in this Civil War feature we stated that the … Continue reading →

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Civil War 150th Anniversary

Posted on March 4, 2012 by

Originally from: Letters from Linden by Fred Dellinger, CCHS Member Date: March 2011 CIVIL WAR: 150TH ANNIVERSARY The following article, contributed by one of our CCHS members, is offered as the first in what we hope will be a series … Continue reading →

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Washington Recruits Colored Troops

Posted on October 1, 2011 by

Originally from: Letters from Linden Date: October 2010 WASHINGTON RECRUITS COLORED TROOPS The War Department, Adjutant General’s Office, Bureau for the Organization of Colored Troops issued the following in October, 1863. “In accordance with orders from the President of the … Continue reading →

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Runaway Slave, 1829

Posted on September 1, 2011 by

Originally from: Letters from Linden Date: September 2010 While the following is a reminder of our painful past, it also provides a glimpse into the life of at least one slave from Calvert County, Levi Sewell or Price. He also … Continue reading →

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Anna Ella Carroll

Posted on July 21, 2011 by

Fred Dellinger Guest Speaker,  July’s Brown Bag Lunch By now, many of you will have joined us for the Southern Maryland film premiere of Lost River, which featured Anna Ella Carroll, an advisor to President Abraham Lincoln and his cabinet.  … Continue reading →

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Civil War Expedition into lower Maryland

Posted on November 1, 2010 by

Originally from: Letters from Linden Date: November 2009 In early November of 1861, US Army Brigadier Generals Oliver Howard and George Sykes, of General Casey’s Division, were instructed to lead troops into Southern Maryland counties. General Howard proceeded to Calvert County … Continue reading →

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Abraham Lincoln

Posted on February 12, 2010 by

Originally from: Letters from LindenDate: June 2009 By: Cory Sedwick Downing February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865 Maryland and Abraham Lincoln In the year of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, it seems fitting to recount … Continue reading →

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