Mid-Maryland History: Conflict, Growth and Change

Name: Mid-Maryland History: Conflict, Growth and Change
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ISBN: 9781596294561

ISBN-10: 1596294566

ISBN-13: 9781596294561

Edition: 2008

Authors: Barbara M. Powell, Michael A. Powell

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Threading a path through the ravages of the Civil War, the rails of industrialization and the soul-searching of the protest movement, editors Michael and Barbara Powell have chosen essays by local historians that paint a provocative portrait of mid-Maryland's history

Book details

List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication date: 4/30/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.37" long x 0.31" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

List of Illustrations	p. 9
Preface	p. 11
Civil War	p. 15
Confederate Sentiment in Frederick County, Maryland, 1861-1862	p. 17
Another Lost Opportunity: Union Troops Break through the Center at the Battle of Antietam	p. 27
"Sons of the Defenders of the Alamo" on America's Bloodiest Day	p. 39
Lead Fog: Practical Limitations of Rifle Technology in the American Civil War	p. 51
Memoirs of the Daughters of Charity as Civil War Nurses in Maryland, 1862	p. 61
Transportation and Industry	p. 71
Crossroads and Economic Development: Transportation and Its Effects on Frederick County	p. 73
The Antietam Iron Works, 1806-1853: The Times of a Family-Owned Works	p. 83
Africa in Maryland: Black Ironworker Populations at Antietam and Catoctin Ironworks, 1760-1860	p. 93
The Enduring Textile Industry in Mid-Maryland	p. 103
Protest and Change	p. 119
Rediscovering the Past: John Brown, Words, and Artifacts	p. 121
Margaret Jeannette Williams: Frederick Philanthropist	p. 133
Experiment in Persuasion: The Vigil to Stop Biological Weapons at Fort Detrick, 1959-1961, and Antiwar Protest in the 1960s	p. 143
Notes	p. 167
Bibliography	p. 195
Index	p. 215
About the Authors	p. 221
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