Category Archives: Maryland

On this date: April 24, 1865 - Hancock issues proclamation

Posted on April 26, 2011 by skydancer506

On this date, 146 years ago - Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock ordered the following handbills printed and distributed to free blacks in the communities of Virginia and Maryland along the Potomac River. John Wilkes Booth, President Lincoln’s assassin, and … Continue reading →

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‘The Conspirator’ takes in $7 million in ten days

Posted on April 24, 2011 by skydancer506

Here are the latest numbers for the first ten days of ‘The Conspirator’ courtesy of the-numbers.com. The film had a budget of $25 million and has now taken in just under $7 million in ten days at the box office. … Continue reading →

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‘The Conspirator’ aims for accuracy

Posted on April 21, 2011 by skydancer506

By Lewis Beale - Newsday NEW YORK — On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces fired on Union troops stationed in Fort Sumter, S.C. The barrage marked the opening shots of the Civil War, a national tragedy that killed more than 600,000 people, … Continue reading →

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Civil War Sites in Maryland

Posted on April 21, 2011 by skydancer506

BY TIMOTHY B. WHEELER Baltimore Sun While the first shots of the Civil War were fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina, the first blood spilled in fighting occurred in Baltimore on April 19, 1861, when a … Continue reading →

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Harford divided in Civil War

Posted on April 14, 2011 by skydancer506

Looking back 150 years to a county as split as the country on slavery and Union By Bryna Zumer of The Aegis www.exploreharford.com Posted 4/12/11 First of two parts In early 1861, Priscilla Griffith, a prominent Harford County diarist, complained … Continue reading →

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