Broadsides; Confederate States of America; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "An Appeal to the South" and signed by "H.", "A Daughter of Dixie." Printed in Baltimore during the Civil War, this broadside calls on Southerners to take up arms and defend themselves against the tyranny...
Photograph taken looking northwest from the intersection of Calvert and Fayette Streets at the Battle of North Point Monument (or Battle Monument) (front center) and the Courthouse (background) on North Calvert Street. Designed by Maximilian...
Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862; Broadsides; Flags; Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863; Kenly, John Reese, 1822-1891; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Battle of Hagers' Town Road. The Rebels Are Skedadling [sic] Out of My Maryland, and leaving all their 'Stolen goods behind'," sung to the popular Confederate tune "Gay and Happy." This broadside, an...
Broadsides; Front Royal, Battle of, Va., 1862; Johnson, Bradley T. (Bradley Tyler), 1829-1903; Kenly, John Reese, 1822-1891; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; War...
Document containing the broadside entitled "On the Fight of the First Maryland Regiment." This Union broadside tells of the bravery of the First Maryland Infantry (U.S.A.) commanded by John R. Kenly in its fight against the First Maryland Infantry...
Architecture--Maryland--Baltimore; Building, Fireproof; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Monuments--Maryland--Baltimore; Post office buildings--Maryland;...
Photograph taken looking southeast past the Battle of North Point Monument (or Battle Monument) located on North Calvert Street (north of Fayette) at ruins in the burnt district. In the foreground is the Battle Monument, with the United States Post...
At the Antietam Civil War battle on September 17, 1862 over 22,000 soldiers on both sides were killed, wounded or listed as missing, making it the bloodiest day of the war. The battle took place by the Antietam Creek, located near Sharpsburg in...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Monuments--Maryland--Baltimore; War memorials--Maryland--Baltimore; Battle Monument (Baltimore, Md.);
Original watercolor drawing by an unknown artist that features a view of the Battle Monument, possibly prior to 1830. This view is identical to that of Goodacre's engraving (Cator Print no. 147). The monument was begun in 1815 to commemorate the...
Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887; Big Bethel, Battle of, Va., 1861; Broadsides; Burns, Robert, 1759-1796; Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889; Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872; Political ballads and songs; Ridgely, N. G. (Nicholas Greenberry), 1841-1882; Seward,...
Document containing two broadsides: the first is entitled "Hark! The Summons," and the second is entitled "Southern Sentiments." Printed in Baltimore during the Civil War and written by "B." (a pseudonym used by Nicholas Greenberry Ridgely, a...
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893; Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Confederate States of America; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891; Patterson, Robert, 1792-1881; Political...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Hurrah for Jeff. Davis" from a song sung to the Scottish tune "Bonnets o' Blue." Written by a "Lady Rebel," these celebratory verses praise Jeff. (Jefferson) Davis, President of the Confederate States of...
Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Elzey, Arnold, 1816-1871; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; Ticknor, Francis Orray, 1822-1874; ; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Our Left" written by Francis Orray Ticknor under the pseudonym "Ole Secesh." This broadside tells of the exploits of Arnold Elzey, a "Maryland hero," and of the First Maryland Infantry (C.S.A.) at the...
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893; Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Hessians; Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885; Political ballads and...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Song of the Baltimore Rebels" sung to the R. Bishop Buckley tune "Wait for the Wagon." This Confederate broadside brags about the outcome of the First Battle of Bull Run near Manassas, Virginia, where...
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893; Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Hessians; Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885; Political ballads and...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Song of the Baltimore Rebels" sung to the R. Bishop Buckley tune "Wait for the Wagon." This Confederate broadside brags about the outcome of the First Battle of Bull Run near Manassas, Virginia, where...
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893; Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Hessians; Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885; Political ballads and...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Song of the Baltimore Rebels" sung to the R. Bishop Buckley tune "Wait for the Wagon." This Confederate broadside brags about the outcome of the First Battle of Bull Run near Manassas, Virginia, where...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Patriotism; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Southern battle song" and signed by "C." This broadside asks all Southerners to answer the patriotic call and fight the invaders, not for monetary gain but for love of country, for "God and Right" are on...
Broadsides; McComas, Henry G., 1796-1814; Monuments; Political ballads and songs; United States History War of 1812; Wells, Daniel, 1795-1814;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Wells and McComas Funeral and Monument Song, Baltimore, September 13, 1858," sung to the same tune as the "Star-spangled Banner." This broadside tells the story of Daniel Wells and Henry G. McComas, two...
Postcards--Maryland--Sharpsburg; Antietam National Cemetery; Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862; Antietam National Battlefield (Md.)--Pictorial works;
Following the bloody Civil War Battle of Antietam in September of 1862, Sharpsburg became a huge hospital and burial place. Over 4,000 were killed during the battle and in the following days more of the wounded died. On William Roulette's farm...
Lithograph by painter, etcher, and illustrator Herbert Pullinger, a native of Philadelphia and a pupil of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts that features a view of the Battle Monument on Calvert Street as seen looking south from the Baltimore...
Buildings; Monuments; Streets; Views; War memorials;
Colored lithograph by Deroy, after a drawing by August Kollner, that features a view of the Battle Monument in Baltimore. The building on the extreme right, occupying part of the site of the present Munsey Building, was the Mechanics Bank. Beyond...
Broadsides; Carroll, Charles, 1737-1832; Howard, John Eager, 1752-1827; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; May, Charles Augustus; Mexican War, 1846-1848; Political ballads and songs; Randall, James Ryder,...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Maryland" from the poem "Maryland, My Maryland" written by James Ryder Randall, a Baltimorean living in Louisiana at the start of the Civil War. According to an account published in the "The [Baltimore]...
Postcards--Maryland--Sharpsburg; Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862; Antietam National Battlefield (Md.)--Pictorial works; Farms--Maryland--Washington County
During the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, Union troops under generals French and Richardson crossed William Roulette's farm, heading toward a group of Confederate soldiers posted near a sunken road just beyond the property. The farm...
