Civil War Dead An estimated 700,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War between April 1861 and April 1865. As the death toll rose, the U.S. government struggled with the urgent but unplanned need to bury fallen Union troops. . . . — — Map (db m135083) HM WM
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, . . . — — Map (db m135087) HM WM
Erected by the United States to mark the burial place of twenty-nine Confederate soldiers who died at Fort McHenry, Maryland, while prisoners of war, and whose remains were there buried, but subsequently removed to this section, where the individual . . . — — Map (db m7050) WM
Front panel In memory of Harry Gilmor, Lt. Col. 2nd Maryland Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia. C.S.A
Back panel Harry Gilmor Born January 24, 1838. Died March 4, 1883. Distinguished in Eighteen Hundred and Seventy Seven as Police . . . — — Map (db m106855) WM
In honor of those who gave the Ultimate Sacrifice in service to the United States of America and the families they left behind. The sacrifice will not be forgotten. — — Map (db m155129) WM
In the summer of 1813 Baltimore was preparing to defend itself against another invasion by the British, a “Second War of Independence.” Baltimore’s most prominent flag-maker at that time was a widow named Mary Young Pickersgill. In the . . . — — Map (db m114589) HM WM
Past Commanders
George H. Bush, Private Co. C., 1st Md. Cav.
John J. Goodmason, Steamer Osceola, U.S.N. Died, April 28, 1919.
Joseph Brooks, Private Co. D, Mc's Cav. Died June 13, 1935. . . . — — Map (db m155130) WM
Before Irvington existed, eastbound travelers encountered the last hill on the Baltimore and Frederick-Town Turnpike. The turnpike was part of the system of roads that connected to the National Road in Cumberland in 1806. During the 1800s, this . . . — — Map (db m114592) HM
National Cemetery (center panel)
In December 1861, the U.S. Sanitary Commission designated a small area of Loudon Park Cemetery for the burial of Union soldiers who died in Baltimore hospitals. The half-acre lot in the northeast corner . . . — — Map (db m135081) HM
The public spirited woman who made the 15 star flag that flew over Fort McHenry September 14, 1814, inspiring Francis Scott Key to write the Star Spangled Banner.
Site restored 1976 by the U.S. Daughters of 1812 and the Star Spangled Banner Flag . . . — — Map (db m89205) HM WM
(east side) Maryland’s tribute to her loyal sons who served in the United States Navy during the War for the Preservation of the Union.
(north side) Port Royal • November 7th, 1861 Monitor & Merrimack • March 9th, 1862 New Orleans . . . — — Map (db m135097) WM
(west side)
To the Sons of Maryland who perished in preserving to us and posterity the “Government of the People, by the People for the People,” secured by our fathers, through the Union. This memorial is erected by her . . . — — Map (db m135094) WM
As a lasting expression of their gratitude and affection, have placed this tablet as a testimonial to the young men of this community, who, in a spirit of unselfish patriotism, volunteered at their country's call, in the cause of democracy. . . . — — Map (db m5531) WM
Erected by the Women's Relief Corps Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic.
[small plaque]
Department of MO. W.R.C.
Monument Committee
Ruth A. Graham
Florence J. Fink
Sallie A. Moore
Mary E. Wright
Clara A. Alford
Mary . . . — — Map (db m7048) HM
The Weiskettel Mausoleum has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. — — Map (db m61045) HM
