The following are the names of African Americans who were residing in Baltimore, Maryland for the year ending 1864. The list comes from the book, ìWoods' Baltimore City Directory", printed and published by John W. Woods, date unknown. The book listed the "Colored Persons" in a separate section. It listed persons by name, occupation, and home address.
The letters on this site are transcriptions of original material located in the Archives and Manuscripts Department at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. This collection is 62 letters in extent, primarily written by a Civil War Union officer's wife, Tillie Farquhar Sterling, with additional letters written by Tillie's husband, Will Sterling, and Tillie's mother, Anna Virginia ("A. V.") Farquhar. The papers represent the correspondence of Tillie with her mother, her mother with Tillie, Will with his father, and of Tillie and Will with each other. They detail daily life in wartime Maryland and offer interesting information from the perspective of two ordinary families during an extraordinary period of our nation's history.
The Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture at Salisbury University collects and preserves archival material, artifacts, books - including family history, maps, and microfilm pertaining to the Delmarva Peninsula. Delmarva includes the Eastern Shore of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia and was a gateway from the Chesapeake Bay region in the earliest days to the bounty and promise of America.