Maryland, My Maryland

Original Artist: James Ryder Randall(lyric)
Represented Artist: The Cumberland
Represented Title: Maryland, My Maryland
Represented Album: Civil War Tribute Collection: 15 Traditional Timeless Classics
Represented Label: Rural Rhythm
Catalog Number: B0013AQBHM

A confederate song that tried to convince Maryland to secede after the Baltimore incident on April 19, 1861. The origin of the song came to be after the attack on Fort Sumtor had fallen. Lincoln ordered 75,000 troops to Maryland to defend the nation's Captial. However, at Baltimore, a pro-confederate city at the time, a confederate mob was formed, and attack the troops that was boarding the train. This resulted in the first casualities of the war with 4 soldiers and 12 civilians dead. James Ryder Randall, a Confederate sympathizer wrote the poem "My Maryland" as a plea for Maryland to secede to the South. This, however, failed to convince Maryland to secede as most of the population were still Pro-Union. It remained popular with the South as a symbol to hopefully secede Maryland to the South, and eventually became the State Song of Maryland.

Sample: http://www.amazon.com/Maryland-My-Album-Version/dp/B0013AQBHM/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1238882723&sr=8-1
Alternative Full Version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJcHNCZNj24&fmt=18

Picture Source: Ragtime Society