On July 9, 1864, young Mamie Tyler crouched in a cellar as Union sharpshooters above traded volleys with Confederate forces.
In Baltimore, secession.
Western Maryland experienced some of the worst carnage of the war, and Women turned their homes into hospitals for the wounded of Antietam, South Mountain and Gettysburg.
This was life in a border state and the terrifying reality for the Women of Maryland.
After six excruciating hours, she emerged to nurse the wounded from the Battle of Monocacy.
On July 9, 1864, young Mamie Tyler crouched in a cellar as Union sharpshooters above traded volleys with Confederate forces