Maryland My Maryland

[Jim Garrett]

As usual, Laurie hit the nail on the head. In upper Montgomery County, the area called "the Medley District" which encompassed Poolesville and the immediate surrounding area gives some great statistics.
In 1860, there were 1900 white residents, 1300 slaves and 4 free black (1 family).

In the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln got exactly 1 vote.

In Monocacy Cemetery, there are 34 Confederate Veterans buried, most with the SOuthern Cross of Honor marking their graves. There is a large bronze tablet mounted on a huger granite stone near the entrance of the cemetery with the names of those soldiers. There is 1 Union Veteran buried there with no indication of his service to his country. He's probably the 1 that voted for Lincoln.

I remember in the 1970s the Hagerstown paper would advertise cross burnings on South Mountain. Boonsboro had an active Klan.

Maryland probably felt the oppressive boot of tyranny on its neck more than any other state during the war, due to it's geographical threat to Washington. In hindsight, Lincoln really had no choice. If Jefferson Davis were in the same situation, he would have done the same.

Who knows Laurie, maybe I should get the State seal of Maryland placed strategically.......