Civil War

February 5, 2013

1015 Paca St. 633 Sarah Ann St. Dozens of addresses all over Baltimore were once home to Maryland's African-American Civil War veterans. Many of them had been Eastern Shore slaves. Today, we'll hear about a Maryland State Archives project to document their lives, and we'll hear what their experience was like during the war--and after.

February 5, 2013

January 30, 2013

Lawrence Lanahan

While imprisoned at Point Lookout during the Civil War, Lanier composed a haunting piece of music. 

As Sandy bears down on Maryland, we talk live with Baltimore Sun reporter Scott Dance in Ocean City. We also call out to Western Maryland to ask University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science president Don Boesch what this storm can do to the bay.

The Civil War shaped America in ways that continue to play out 150 years later. We talk with George Wunderlich, who runs the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick, about how a set of orders issued in 1862 formed the basis of modern emergency medical treatment.

Which conflict meant more to Maryland, The Civil War or the War of 1812? Michele Norris on her memoir The Grace of Silence.

If you like history, you may be feeling tugged in two directions these days: events marking the 150th anniversary of the Civil War began last year and as they roll on they’re competing with observations of the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812. Significant battles in both conflicts were fought in Maryland.

Leonard Pitts, Jr., is a Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist whose work appears in the Baltimore Sun and newspapers across the country. He is also a novelist. His latest book is an historical novel that takes place at the end of the Civil War.

In about a week, a group of doctors from the Baltimore region will return to Honduras for the 15th straight year. Today, emergency physician John Wogan will tell us about the desperately needed medical care and public health advances he and his colleagues will bring to the rural village of Atima.

Juneteenth is right around the corner. That’s the anniversary of the day slaves in Texas were read the Emancipation Proclamation, the day that the last slaves in the United States were made aware of their freedom.