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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15PW_unionville_Easton-MD.html
From the beginning of the Civil War, Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman urged President Abraham Lincoln to allow blacks to enlist in the U.S. Army and fight for their freedom. On May 22, 1863, General Orders 143 were issued stating "A Bureau is…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15PV_war-in-the-chesapeake_St-Michaels-MD.html
During the War of 1812 the young United States was enrolled in conflict with Great Britain. From 1812 to 1815 Americans fought to protect their rights and economic independence. They faced superior enemy forces on the homefront and the high seas.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15PU_deflecting-the-enemy_St-Michaels-MD.html
Local Lore hails St. Michaels for "fooling the British" during the War of 1812 by using lanterns to misdirect gunfire high above the town. It is certain that this shipbuilding village successfully fended off two enemy assaults in 1813.
On Augus…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15OJ_this-cannon_St-Michaels-MD.html
This Cannon was used against the British in Defence of St. Michaels, MD — August 10, 1813 and mounted here August 11, 1913 by the following Centennial Commission.
Thomas H. Sewell, Charles H Fogg, Richard S. Dodson, John T. Mansfield, O. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15OH_navy-point-historic-houses_St-Michaels-MD.html
Eagle, Dodson and Higgins Houses have looked out over the St. Michaels waterfront for well over a hundred years now. When they were first built, the town's harbor would have been full of work boats, everything from oyster tonging skiffs and canoes…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15OF_freedoms-figurehead_St-Michaels-MD.html
Where did such a big figurehead come from? A big ship? In this case, it was made for a relatively small vessel — The 88-foot schooner yacht Freedom. But yacht designer John G. Alden never intended Freedom to have a figurehead when she was bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15OE_captain-john-smiths-shallop_St-Michaels-MD.html
This modest open boat is a replica of one of the most important vessels in American History. In the summer of 1608, a small boat or "Shallop" similar to this was used by Captain John Smith to make the first detailed European exploration of the Che…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOW7_frederick-douglass_Easton-MD.html
Attained freedom and devoted his life and talents to the abolition of slavery and the cause of universal suffrage. Visited England in 1845 and in 1859. Won many prominent friends abroad and at home. Was U. S. Marshall for the District of Columbia …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN0W_oxford-wharf_Oxford-MD.html
The Emancipation Proclamation, issued January 1, 1863, authorized the recruiting of African Americans as United States soldiers. Blacks on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Delaware sought freedom for themselves and their families in return their …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMW3_chesapeake-bay-skipjack-fleet_Sherwood-MD.html
North America's last sail-powered commercial vessels, skipjacks were developed nthe Chesapeake Bay Region around 1890 to dredge oysters from the bottom of the bay. A boom in the oyster industry began after the Civil War, as innovations in packing …