: "The Civil War in Maryland: Rare Photographs from the Collection
of the Maryland Historical Society and its Members" is on exhibit
in the galleries of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library of the
Maryland Historical Society. The exhibition will be on view to
October 14.
Curated by Ross J. Kelbaugh, the exhibit is the largest
collection of original photos of Civil War Maryland ever
displayed, including many images never before exhibited, and
cover the time period just before the start of the conflict
through the postwar era.
The exhibit features rare images from Maryland Union collector
Arthur G. Barrett, Civil War authors Ross J. Kelbaugh and Daniel
Carroll Toomey, Maryland Confederate collectors David P. Mark Sr
and Frederick D. Shroyer, and others.
Exhibition highlights include rare outdoor photographs of the
Carroll family's Doughoregan Manor, portraits of the first
African American casualty of the Civil War, unpublished
photographs of Fort Federal Hill in Baltimore and other Union
camps around Maryland, rare Civil War stereoviews that can be
viewed in 3-D and a newly discovered portrait of the citizen
killed in the Pratt Street Riot who may also be the first
Confederate soldier ever killed in the Civil War.
Seventh New York State Militia, Fort Federal Hill, Baltimore
1861, albumen silver print, Ross J. Kelbaugh collection.
Ross J. Kelbaugh, an active member of the society's library
committee since 1987, has assembled the largest private collection
of vintage Maryland photographs and related material in the state.
His interest and passion for the Civil War and historic photographs
began when he was in elementary school at the start of the Civil
War Centennial and continues today.
Kelbaugh, co-author of the Baltimore County Public School's
eighth grade American History gifted and talented curriculum,
retired from his career as an American history teacher at
Catonsville High School in 2001.
Kelbaugh is the author of the Directory of Maryland
Photographers, 1840-1900, Introduction to Civil War
Photographs and the recently published Introduction to
African American Photographs, 1840-1950.
The Maryland Historical Society is at 201 West Monument Street.
For information, www.mdhs.org or 410-685-3750, extension 349.
