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Maryland State Song

While I was reading the book Counties of central Maryland, I discovered that the official state song of Maryland was written by a confederate sentimental. He wrote the song because "he was outraged at the news of Union troops being marched through Baltimore". In the first line of the song, the author refers to Abraham Lincoln as a despot. During the pre-Civil War era, Maryland was a border state, meaning it was not clearly defined whether it supported the northern cause or the southern cause.