Project Description

  • (1812-1865)
  • Calvert County History (continued from page 19)
  • British Marched into and Burned Washington D.C. from Patuxent Landing August 24, 1814
  • Miscellaneous Happenings During the War of 1812-1814
  • Roger Brooke Taney Announced His Anti-Slavery Decisions in 1818
  • Conditions of Calvert County from 1800 to 1840
  • Calvert County Tournaments Began About 1845
  • Calvert County Participated in Constitutional Convention in State in 1850
  • Prelude to the Civil War in Maryland
  • Calvert County Threatened by Confederates in Bay in 1861
  • Draft of 1862 Included Calvert County; No Volunteers from Calvert County
  • Recruiting Station for Negro Troops Set Up at Lower Marlboro, Calvert County
  • Calvert County was Against the Abolition of Slavery in 1864
  • Slavery Abolished in Maryland by Convention on April 27, 1864
  • Calvert County Votes Against Lincoln in Presidential Election in 1864
  • Sons of Calvert County Served in Many Battles Between 1863 and 1865