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50 years after the Battle of Gettysburg, another army invaded
Gettysburg In 1865, more than 165,000 soldiers fought and tens of
thousands died on the battlefield of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Many
historians consider this the turning point of the Civil War. As the
years passed, the surviving veterans grew older and passed away. By
the turn of the century, the remaining veterans were in the 70's.
As the 50th anniversary of the Civil War approached, it became
apparent that if the country intended to honor its veterans, this
would be the last chance to thank many of them. In the early years
of the 20th Century, plans began forming for a Grand Reunion in
Gettysburg for the 50th anniversary of the battle. More than 54,000
Civil War veterans plus tens of thousands of spectators, family,
visitors and journalists descended on Gettysburg in 1913. The
veterans stayed in a tent city on the battlefield as they
remembered the great battle fought there. No North, No South... is
the story of the reunion and the Union and Confederate veterans who
came together there to remember their service to country and
celebrate renewed friendships. It contains more than 100
photographs from the 1913 Grand Reunion of the Battle of Gettysburg
that will give you a sense of what it was like to be part of the
greatest reunion of Civil War veterans that there ever was.
Though the mountains of Western Maryland were not the site of any
major battles during the Civil War, the area did have its share of
activity and minor skirmishes. One of the most-daring raids of the
war occurred in Cumberland in 1865 when McNeill's Rangers kidnapped
two Union generals from their hotels beds and carried them off to
Richmond, Va. Also, because of its location on the B&O
Railroad, the county was also the site of many temporary hospitals
to care for wounded soldiers. Echoes of War Drums is a collection
of three dozen stories and more than 50 pictures of the Civil War
in Mountain Maryland. From spies to generals, from battles to
healing, James Rada, Jr. looks at the Civil War in the region from
all angles with attention-getting stories.
In fall turned to winter in 1949, the residents of Shallmar,
Maryland, were starving. The town's only business, the Wolf Den
Coal Corp. had closed down, unemployment benefits had ended and few
coal miners had cars to drive to other jobs. When children started
fainting in school, Principal J. Paul Andrick realized the dire
situation the town was in and set out to help. He worked to get the
story of the town's troubles out and get help for the town's
residents and succeeded beyond his wildest dreams just in time for
Christmas.
"The country had only 600 trained nurses at the start of the Civil
War. All were Catholic nuns. This is one of the best-kept secrets
in our nation's history," Father William Barnaby Faherty once
wrote. When the Civil War broke out, the Union and the Confederacy
were prepared to fight, but they weren't prepared to care for the
wounded that their fighting created. While many people volunteered
to care for the soldiers, the only ones with any experience were
Catholics sisters. Among the sisters, the most-experienced were the
Daughters of Charity based in Emmitsburg, MD. When war broke out,
they had already been caring for the sick for decades. However, the
brutality of the war would test even their abilities as they ran
hospitals, served on troop transports and provided care in
battlefield hospitals and ambulances. They even had their own
Central House occupied by armies from both sides of the war. The
Daughters of Charity had such a high level of trust among the
government officials that they were allowed in the early part of
the war to move back and forth across the border between the two
warring countries. Nor did they betray that trust as they served
officers and soldiers, Union and Confederate, with the same level
of care. With their wide, white cornettes looking almost like
wings, the Daughters of Charity did resemble battlefield angels.
The sight of those wing-like cornettes told soldiers that relief
was on the way; someone who cared for them was coming.
From the unsolved to the unusual. From the historical to the
hysterical. From the famous to the friendly. This is life in the
Maryland mountains. Did you know that a Russian prince once worked
as a priest in Cumberland? Have you heard the story about the
German POW camp near Flintstone during WWII? Do you know about the
mining wars that were fought to try and unionize the coal mines in
the Georges Creek region? Do you know the story behind Cumberland's
only lynching? Have you heard the story about the baseball game
played between the Cumberland Colts and the New York Yankees? These
are the stories of Allegany and Garrett counties in Maryland found
in old newspapers, history books and other places. It's the stories
of people who tamed the mountains, established cities, raised
families and lived their lives. Journey back in time and look
beyond the photos that so well document the region's history. This
collection of 40 stories spans 220 years of life in Western
Maryland. Originally published in the Cumberland Times-News and
Allegany Magazine, some of these stories have been expanded as new
information has been uncovered and new photos accompany some of the
stories.
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