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MILITARY HISTORY
Answering the Call: The Organizing and Recruiting of the Potomac Home Brigade Maryland Volunteers, 1861
Keith O. Gary, 1996, 308 pp, $22.00, member price $19.80
"The Appeal of Frederick City, Maryland to the Congress of the United States for the Payment of its Claim of $200,00 Paid as Ransom to the Confederate Army July 9, 1864"
$5.00, member price $4.50
The Braddock Expedition and Fox’s Gap in Maryland
A history of Fox’s and Turner’s Gaps in Frederick County and the route traveled by General Braddock and George Washington in their attempt to capture Fort Duquesne. Curtis L. Older, reprinted 2000, 290 pp, $26.00, member price $23.40
 Custer: His Promotion in Frederick, Maryland
This mini-anthology details the events, people and circumstances surrounding George Armstrong Custer’s promotion to Brigadier General, which occurred in Frederick on June 28, 1863. Also included are facts about the places, like the City Hotel and Richfield, which are part of this story. Bob Servacek, 2007 edition, 50 pp, $12.95, member price $11.65
 Desperate Engagement: How a Little-known Civil War Battle Saved Washington, DC, and Changed American History
The importance of the Battle of Monocacy in 1864 is chronicled in this fascinating and detailed reexamining. Marc Leepson, 2007, 303 pp, 25.95, member price $23.35
Drums Along the Antietam
John Schildt, revised 2004, 13.95, member price $12.55
Forgotten Heroes of the Maryland Frontier
This French and Indian War 250th anniversary companion chronicles the lives and contributions of Christopher Gist, Evan Shelby, Jr., and Thomas Cresap through primary and secondary sources and carefully selected illustrations and maps. Presented in a handsome hardcover format. Alan Powell, 2001, 191 pp, hardcover, $29.95, member price $26.95
Frederick County, Maryland: Never the Like Again
Events occurring 1859-1865 as told by correspondents, local citizens and Northern & Southern soldiers who experienced them. A wonderful book for those interested in local Civil War and Civil War-era social history. Paul & Rita Gordon, 1995, 337 pp, $20.00, member price $18.00
A Hessian Diary of the American Revolution
Johann Conrad Dohla (translated by and edited by Bruce E. Burgoyne), 1998, $19.95, member price $17.95
High-water Mark: The 1862 Maryland Campaign in Strategic Perspective
This work re-examines the words and actions of the Maryland Campaign’s principal architects and reveals the campaign as the legitimate Confederate high-water mark. Timothy J. Reese, 2004, 71 pp, $14.95, member price $13.45
History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-65, Volumes 1-3 (CD ROM)
L. Allison Wilmer, J.H. Jarrett, Geo. W.F. Vernon, 2006, $29.95, member price $26.95
Letters from the Battlefield, Crampton’s Gap, September 14, 1862, Burkittsville, Maryland
$5.00, member price $4.50
Lincoln and Chief Justice Taney: Slavery, Secession, and the President’s War Powers
James F. Simon, 2006, 324 pp, hardcover, $27.00, member price $24.30
Maryland and the French and Indian War
A handsome "coffee table" 250th anniversary edition, this work gives tremendous insight into this important time in American history through thoughtful scholarship and period sources. Alan Powell, 1998, 268 pp, $29.95, member price $26.95
Maryland Voices of the Civil War
This work draws upon letters, diaries, and period newspapers to portray the passions of a wide variety of Marylanders including mercahnts, slaves, soldiers, politicians, women, clergy, children, and more. Charles W. Mitchell, 2007, 548 pp, hardcover, $35.00, member price $31.50
Marylanders: A Story of the Civil War
A historical novel. James P. Zimmerman, 2001, 290 pp, $13.95, member price $12.55
Roads to Gettysburg
First printed in 1978, this book tells the epic story of how armies reached the fields of Gettysburg 140 years ago during the Civil War. Many towns and villages, including a number in Frederick County, experienced the blue and gray soldiers marching by, and troops encamped in farm fields. The work describes what it was like for those marching to battle and those along the way. John Schildt, revised 2003 edition, $35.00, member price $31.50
Still Life: Images of Antietam
This collection of striking modern photographs appeal to the historical imagination by evoking ever-changing yet consistently enduring savage beauty of the field of Antietam and connecting the land with the human element. H. Casser-Jayne, 2005, 150 pp, $32.95, member price $29.65
"Such a Banditty You Never See Collected!" Frederick Town and the American Revolution
Andrew Krug, from Maryland Historical Magazine, 28 pp, $5.00, member price $4.50
Too Afraid to Cry: Maryland Civilians in the Antietam Campaign
The impact of the 1862 Antietam Campaign upon the citizens of Maryland is described through first-hand accounts and a fast paced narrative. Kathleen A. Ernst, 300 pp, hardcover, $24.95, member price $22.45
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Preservation Workshop:
Researching Your Historic Property
Saturday, March 13
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Museum of Frederick County History
Genealogy Symposium:
Researching Your Irish Ancestors
Saturday, April 17
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Frederick County Archives & Research Center
Treasured Heirloom Event
Saturday, April 24
9:00 am - 3:00 p.m.
New Location!
The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center
Bus Trip:
Presidents at Charlottesville
Friday, May 14
7:00 am - 6:30 p.m.
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Formed from Prince George’s County in 1748, Frederick County originally included all of what are now Washington, Allegany, Garrett and Montgomery Counties, as well as part of Carroll County. Today, Frederick County is the largest county in land mass in Maryland. 