Civil War Lectures Jessica Cannon University of Central Missouri "North or South? Defining a Border Identity for Maryland" C. Burr Artz Public Library, Frederick County Public Libraries 110 E. Patrick Street Frederick, MD 13 September 2012 4:00 pm (Talk and questions to about 4:45 pm) Community Room Maryland was considered a southern state by most individuals inside and outside the state in 1860. However, most would have described Maryland as a northern state in 1865. How did this transition occur? What contributing economic and political factors may have existed in the late antebellum period, and how much was this shifting geography the result of wartime experiences? Come find out how Maryland redefined the sectional maps during the Civil War. "The key that would unlock the floodgates': Preserving Maryland for the Union" Urbana Regional Library, Frederick County Public Libraries 9020 Amelung Street Urbana, MD 18 September 2012 6:30 pm (Talk and questions to 7:15/7:30) Community Room Although Maryland remained loyal to the Union during the Civil War, not everyone willingly submitted to 'Yankee' rule. Learn how President Abraham Lincoln and other Union officials tried to quiet the most outspoken southern sympathizers, and how some Marylanders found ways to support the Confederacy under various pretexts and guises. Jessica Cannon, a native of Frederick County, holds a B.A. degree from Wake Forest University and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Rice University. While at Rice she also served as a history intern with the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. She currently is an assistant professor of Civil War and nineteenth-century history at the University of Central Missouri. Her current research is a social history of Maryland during the long Civil War era (1820-1880) that places the state's wartime experiences within the context of shifting border state cultural and political identities. -- Mary K. Mannix Maryland Room Manager C. Burr Artz Public Library Frederick County Public Libraries Frederick, MD