For the invention of theAmerican Cotton Gin
A contribution to the resourcesof civilization and to thematerial welfare ofThe United States
Erected byThe New England CottonManufactures Association,MDCCCCII
War on the Chesapeake Bay
Divided loyalties and ironies tore at Marylanders' hearts throughout the Civil War: enslaved African-Americans and free United States Colored Troops; spies and smugglers; civilians imprisoned without trial to protect f…