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| Activity in Howard County continued as described for the remainder of 1863 and 1864. During Confederate General Jubal Early's Maryland Campaign in July 1864, a large number of Confederate cavalry was reported 5 miles from Elysville, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad west of Ellicott's Mills. At Elysville were the 1st Eastern Shore Volunteers, who sent of a squad to investigate the report. The resulting skirmish led to the Union Volunteers taking two prisoners and killing a Confederate lieutenant. These were the last shots to be fired in Howard County by organized units of the North and South. | Activity in Howard County continued as described for the remainder of 1863 and 1864. During Confederate General Jubal Early's Maryland Campaign in July 1864, a large number of Confederate cavalry was reported 5 miles from Elysville, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad west of Ellicott's Mills. At Elysville were the 1st Eastern Shore Volunteers, who sent of a squad to investigate the report. The resulting skirmish led to the Union Volunteers taking two prisoners and killing a Confederate lieutenant. These were the last shots to be fired in Howard County by organized units of the North and South. | ||
| - | The end of the War in May of 1865 led to the disbanding and shipping home of Northern troops stationed in Maryland. Barracks and unit buildings built in Annapolis Junction and the Relay House were sold off, and the county soon returned to normal life. Many citizens of the area, previously secessionist in leaning, learned not to discuss the War in public. Rebeccua Pue Penniman, who was a young child on Lawyers' Hill in Elkridge during the War recalled "...we all determined not to let the question of the North and South be discussed among us - a most wise decision..." | + | The end of the War in May of 1865 led to the disbanding and shipping home of Northern troops stationed in Maryland. Barracks and unit buildings built in Annapolis Junction and the Relay House were sold off, and the county soon returned to normal life. Many citizens of the area, previously secessionist in leaning, learned not to discuss the War in public. Rebecca Pue Penniman, who was a young child on Lawyers' Hill in Elkridge during the War recalled "...we all determined not to let the question of the North and South be discussed among us - a most wise decision..." |
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