Annapolis is the county seat for Anne Arundel County
Skidmore is in Anne Arundel County
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Near South Beach Road, 0.8 miles south of Oceanic Drive. Reported permanently removed.
Divided loyalties and ironies tore at Marylander's hearts throughout the Civil War: enslaved African-Americans and free United States Colored Troops; spies and smugglers; civilians imprisoned without trial to protect freedom; neighbors and families . . . — — Map (db m72089) HM
Near South Beach Road, 0.8 miles south of Oceanic Drive when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
William Evans, a slave of Capt. Thomas Mezick, the owner of Sandy Point Farm here, enlisted in the 30th Regiment, United States Colored Troops, in March 1864. The 22-year-old, thereby, gained his freedom. He joined 122 other area slaves who had been . . . — — Map (db m72087) HM
• Built in 1883 at the mouth of the Magothy River to mark the dangerous Sandy Point Shoal.
• A wood caisson foundation supports a 35 foot diameter x 32+1/2 foot high cement filled cast iron cylinder.
• The lighthouse is a 24 foot square, . . . — — Map (db m198194) HM
Enemy ships lying off Sandy Point kept Annapolis on edge in August 1813, as the city braced for attack.
It was a trying time for the British, too. A newspaper reported August 14: “Seven deserters came on shore at Sandy Point.” It was . . . — — Map (db m79916) HM