General William W Morris acknowledges orders to fire a salute in Baltimore celebrating the end of slavery in Maryland
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General William W Morris acknowledges orders to fire a salute in Baltimore celebrating the end of slavery in Maryland
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Bt Brig Genl W W Morris to Major James R Ross (AAAG) acknowledging receipt of orders to fire a salute from Federal Hill in celebration of the free state of Maryland following the passage of the new state constitution abolishing slavery.
Date
10/31/1864
Coverage
Baltimore, MD
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Commander of Fort McHenry to the Headquarters of the Middle Department
Head [Quarters] 2nd Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps,
Defences of Baltimore,
Fort McHenry, Md., Oct 31 1864.
Major James R Ross
AAA Genl
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this date, 8 55 PM, directing Salutes to be fired at Fort Federal Hill, tomorrow, in honor of the free state of Maryland— I am very respectfully your obsvt
W W Morris Bt Brig Genl Vols
Bt Brig Genl W W Morris to Major James R Ross, 31 Oct. 1864, M-742 1864, Letters Received, ser. 2343, Middle Dept. & 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-4233].
Head [Quarters] 2nd Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps,
Defences of Baltimore,
Fort McHenry, Md., Oct 31 1864.
Major James R Ross
AAA Genl
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this date, 8 55 PM, directing Salutes to be fired at Fort Federal Hill, tomorrow, in honor of the free state of Maryland— I am very respectfully your obsvt
W W Morris Bt Brig Genl Vols
Bt Brig Genl W W Morris to Major James R Ross, 31 Oct. 1864, M-742 1864, Letters Received, ser. 2343, Middle Dept. & 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-4233].
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“General William W Morris acknowledges orders to fire a salute in Baltimore celebrating the end of slavery in Maryland,” Black Maryland in the Civil War—A Microedition of the Freedmen and Southern Society Project, accessed June 8, 2026, https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/items/show/56.