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14th New Jersey Infantry Monument
This monument is located on the spot where the 14th New Jersey Infantry had encamped from 1862 to 1863, and where heavy fighting took place during the Battle of Monocacy on July 8,1864. The regiment was part of the Third Division of the Army of the Potomac's VI Corps that was hastily rushed by Union General Lew Wallace to halt the invading Confederates forces under General Jubal Early. The Union forces, numbering only about 5,800, fought the 18,000 man Confederate Army to a 24 hour stand still...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Monocacy National Battlefield, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Abell, Arunah Shepherdson b. August 10, 1808 d. April 19, 1888
Journalist, Newspaper Publisher. He was the founder of the Philadelphia "Public Ledger" and Baltimore "Sun" newspapers.
Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore city, Maryland, USA
Plot: Cedar Area, Lots 19-21
Adams, Brockman b. January 13, 1927 d. September 10, 2004
US Congressman, US Senator. He was elected as a Representative from Washington to the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1965 to 1977. He was later elected as a Senator from Washington to the United States Senate, serving from 1986 to 1993.
Broad Creek Cemetery, Stevensville, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, USA
Adenhart, Nick b. August 24, 1986 d. April 9, 2009
Professional Baseball Player. Born Nicholas James Adenhart, he was in his rookie season with the Los Angeles Angels when he was tragically killed in a hit and run auto accident. He had just pitched six innings of shut out baseball for the Angels and seemed destined to have a position in the starting rotation. Adenhart played high school baseball at Williamsport High in Maryland and was one of the nation's top prospects entering his senior year. He pitched four years in the minor leagues and...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Moody)
Greenlawn Cemetery, Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland, USA
Adler, Charles b. June 20, 1899 d. October 23, 1980
Inventor. He was granted 60 patents in his lifetime, and invented numerous innovations such as an electric automotive brake, a traffic-actuated signal light, and other locomotive and auto safety devices.
Druid Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
Agnew, Spiro Theodore b. November 9, 1918 d. September 17, 1996
39th United States Vice President, Maryland Governor. A Maryland lawyer and executive of Baltimore County, he was elected governor of Maryland in a three-way race in 1966. He served until 1969, having been picked by Richard M. Nixon to be his Vice Presidential running mate in 1968. He was elected with Nixon that year, and reelected in 1972. In 1973 he resigned the Vice Presidential Office after allegations of bribery from...[Read More]
Cause of death: Leukemia
Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens, Timonium, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
Plot: Section 2, Garden of the Last Supper
Agnus, Felix b. July 4, 1839 d. October 31, 1925
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Born in Lyons, France, he was a veteran of the Franco-Austrian War, fighting under Emperor Napoleon III. Just after the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter, South Carolina, he enlisted in the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry (known as "Duryee's Zouaves"), being mustered in as Sergeant in Company H on April 25, 1861. He saw combat on the first significant ground action of the war...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Druid Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
Plot: Annandale Section, Lot 415
Albert, William Julian b. August 4, 1816 d. March 29, 1879
US Congressman. He was elected to represent Maryland's 5th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1873 to 1875.
Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore city, Maryland, USA
Andrews, Richard Snowden b. 1830 d. 1903
Civil War Confederate Army Officer. Served as a Lieutenant Colonel of Artillery in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Fought in a number of battles including the Seven Days Battle, where he was wounded. He is known best for his part in the Battle of Cedar Mountain (near Culpeper), Virginia on August 9th 1862. There, near the front, a Federal shell struck his right side, ripping a gaping hole in his abdomen, nearly disemboweling him. After a miraculous recovery, but now having to wear a...[Read More]
Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore city, Maryland, USA
Plot: Section A, Lot 26
Andrews, William Noble b. November 13, 1876 d. December 27, 1937
US Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1903, commenced law practice in Cambridge, Maryland and served as State Attorney for Dorchester County from 1904 to 1911. He was a member of the State House of Delegates in 1914 and served in the State Senate from 1918 until 1919. In 1919, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth Congress, serving until 1921. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he resumed the practice of law until his death. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Washington Cemetery, Hurlock, Dorchester County, Maryland, USA
Antonio, Sister. Mary
Roman Catholic Leader. One of the Oblate Sisters of Providence in Baltimore, Maryland, which was the first Order of Religious Woman of African Ancestry.
New Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore city, Maryland, USA
Archer, John b. May 5, 1741 d. September 28, 1810
US Congressman. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Elected to represent Maryland as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1801 to 1807. Also served as a Member of the Maryland State House of Delegates in 1777, and 1779 to 1780. (Bio by: K)
Churchville Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Churchville, Harford County, Maryland, USA
Archer, Stevenson b. February 28, 1827 d. August 2, 1898
US Congressman. Elected to represent Maryland's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1867 to 1875. Also served as a Member of the Maryland State House of Delegates in 1854, Delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Maryland in 1876, and Maryland State Treasurer from 1886 to 1890. In 1890 he was removed from office as state treasurer and charged with embezzling monies belonging to the state. He was found guilty and sentenced to five years in prison...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Churchville Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Churchville, Harford County, Maryland, USA
Archer, Stevenson b. October 11, 1786 d. June 26, 1848
US Congressman. Elected to represent Maryland's 6th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1811 to 1817, and 1819 to 1821. Also served as a Member of the Maryland State House of Delegates from 1809 to 1810, Justice of the Mississippi Territorial Supreme Court from 1817 to 1818, and State Court Judge from 1823 until his death in 1848. (Bio by: K)
Churchville Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Churchville, Harford County, Maryland, USA
Armistead, George b. April 10, 1780 d. April 25, 1818
United States Army Officer. Served as Major and commander of Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland. He was in command of the Fort during the War of 1812 when the British unsuccessfully attempted to force its capitulation by an naval artillery bombardment. The attack was witnessed by Francis Scott Key, who immortalized it in the words of "The Star Spangled Banner". Major Armistead was the uncle of Civil War Confederate General Lewis Armistead, who is buried next to him. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Old Saint Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore city, Maryland, USA
Plot: Buried next to his nephew Confederate General Lewis Armistead who was killed at the Battle of Gettysburg
Armistead, Lewis Addison b. February 18, 1817 d. July 5, 1863
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Led one of George Pickett's Brigades in his famous charge up Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He was mortally wounded when he and the remnents of his command made it over the wall. He died in a Federal field hospital, and was first buried on the field.
Old Saint Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore city, Maryland, USA
Arnold, Samuel b. September 6, 1834 d. September 21, 1906
Lincoln Assassination Conspirator. His role in the conspiracy was to help kidnap Abraham Lincoln, but he dropped out of the murder conspiracy two weeks before Lincoln was assassinated. Born in Washington, DC, the Arnold family moved to Baltimore, Maryland, where Samuel Arnold was raised, and he attended St. Timothy's Hall, a military academy, where he met John Wilkes Booth. Booth recruited him in 1864 to join a plot to kidnap President Abraham Lincoln, to use Lincoln as exchange for several...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: pulmonary tuberculosis
Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore city, Maryland, USA
Plot: Area P, Lot 40
Asbury, Francis b. August 26, 1745 d. March 31, 1816
Religious Leader. Served as the first general superintendent or bishop of American Methodism. He was born near Birmingham in England and came under Methodist influence at an early age. Asbury was accepted as a local preacher at the age of eighteen and joined the itinerancy four years later. At the 1771 Conference, he was one of five volunteers to go to America. At first subordinate to senior colleagues like Joseph Pilmore and Richard Boardman, within twelve months of his arrival Francis Asbury...[Read More]
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore city, Maryland, USA
Ashman, Howard b. May 3, 1950 d. March 14, 1991
Motion Picture Composer, Writer, Producer. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he moved to New York City in 1974 to work for a publishing house as an editor. His work attracted attention and he became an artistic director for WPA Theatre in 1977. In 1982 he met and collaborated with Alan Menken on the highest grossing off-Broadway hit, "The Little Shop Of Horrors." In 1991 he again collaborated with Menken on Disney's, "The Little Mermaid" (1989). That same year they won the Oscar for the song "Under...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Oheb Shalom Memorial Park, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
Atzerodt, George Andrew b. June 12, 1835 d. July 7, 1865
Lincoln Assassination Conspirator. At the age of eight, his parents immigrated to America and settled in Maryland, but he never became a naturalized US Citizen. He and his older brother, John, set up a carriage repair shop at Port Tobacco, Maryland, located at the mouth of Pope's Creek near its entry into the Potomac River. The two brothers separated, and John moved to Baltimore and George remained to operate the business. This was a favorite point from which Confederate spies and contraband...[Read More] (Bio by: Paul S.)
Cause of death: Executed by hanging
Old Saint Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore city, Maryland, USA

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