Maryland: The South's First Casualty [Hardcover]

Bart Rhett Talbert (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1997

Bart Talbert tells why Maryland, popularly depicted as a Border of Northern States, remained unwaveringly Southern in sympathy asserting that the true role of Maryland in the Civil War has been clouded by modern historians who use weak arguments to paint Maryland as a Union state. 39 b&w illustrations.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 150 pages
• Publisher: Howell Pr; 1st edition (January 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1883522021
• ISBN-13: 978-1883522025
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,381,663 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Reveals how federal government heavy-handedness is not new., June 4, 1997

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This review is from: Maryland: The South's First Casualty (Hardcover)

This fascinating book describes events in Maryland just prior to and during the War Between the States. It focuses on thecharacter of the State and the political climate of the time in contrast to so many other Civil War books that simply rehashtroop movements and military tactics. Although Dr. Talbert's book is thoroughly documented with extensive footnotes and somewhat scholarly, he still managed the distinct achievement of writing in a very readable style that tells a story which is difficult to put down -- even though we may already know theoutcome. Modern political correctness has obscured from memory many of the events that took place in Maryland. Dr. Talbert, however, brings them together and provides a record which preserves the facts for posterity. He covers many fascinating facts and stories which together paint a clear picture of an unequivocally Southern State that was denied its will. Maryland: The South's First Casualty also includes a section containing brief biographi

1.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievable, February 2, 2011

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J. Tuohy (Arlington, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Maryland: The South's First Casualty (Hardcover)

How can someone write a book on Maryland in the Civil War and not mention Antietam, Monocacy or pretty much anything else usually associated with the War? Here's how - by writing a book about how pure and free Maryland was oppressed by the mean old Federal Gummint. This is unreconstructed southern revisionism at its worst. Don't waste your money!

5.0 out of 5 stars The most important book of which I am aware, concerning Maryland's history and role in the War Between The States., August 21, 2010

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Darren D. Wheeler (Georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Maryland: The South's First Casualty (Hardcover)

I gave this book a five-star rating only because Amazon.com would not allow me to give it six.

I've met so many Marylanders who don't see themselves as having a Southern heritage. Their reading this book would reveal a completely different history than what they (all of us, in fact) have been taught to believe about their people and their state. Surely, it would give them a wholly different view of the historical identity of their ancestors and, thereby, themselves.

I think that the most crucial factors surrounding the suppression of the basic human rights of the Marylanders of 1861, with the sole purpose being to prevent their secession, was not only because their having seceded would have surrounded Washington, D.C. by a seceded Virginia and a seceded Maryland, but their having seceded would have most probably led to the secession of Delaware and possibly other states in the area.

This is a MUST-HAVE book for anyone who has an interest in the truth concerning the war and the role played by Maryland, but also for the person interested in the history and identity of the people of the great state of Maryland.