"Harry Gilmor's 1865 Maryland Raid," by Bill Hallett

n the summer of 1864, the outcome of the war was still far from certain, and in western Maryland, Jubal Early took Confederate troops near Frederick on their way to threaten Washington.

However, a side project of this campaign, was for Brigadier General Bradley T. Johnson, a local from Frederick, to go further into Maryland with a task of freeing POWs at Point Lookout.

While doing this, Johnson sent Col. Harry Gilmor, another local from near Towson, to wreak havoc across the northern regions of Baltimore and Harford Counties, severing connections to Baltimore City and thus, Washington.

Gilmor was very successful in his efforts, even if neither Johnson nor Early were.

Bill Hallett, a former radio announcer, is a 30 year member of this Civil War Roundtable and a past presdient. He's also the author of Newburyport and the Civil War (History Press 2012) and a living historian/reenactor since the mid-1990s.

Please join us for this often neglected event in July 1864.