What if Maryland had seceded during the Civil War?

The Federal government was never going to allow that to happen, because that would mean the national capital would be surrounded by hostile territory. read more

Maryland would have been just another seceding state Maryland would have just been brought back into the Union, much quicker than South Carolina and Georgia. The problem the border states would have had seceding is the same problem the Confederacy had holding onto Maryland, Missouri, and Kentucky. read more

The most prominent Maryland leaders and officers during the Civil War included Governor Thomas H. Hicks who, despite his early sympathies for the South, helped prevent the state from seceding, and Confederate Brigadier General George H. Steuart, who was a noted brigade commander under Robert E. Lee in the Army of Northern Virginia. read more