To bring this divided state into the Confederacy.
When General Robert E. Lee began his 1862 raid into Maryland, he failed to check on the Union garrison at Harper's Ferry. Because of this, his operations in Maryland were delayed until a portion of his army was sent to capture the federal arsenal.
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Robert Alexander - Maryland - died in 1805.
Robert Alexander - Maryland - was born in 1740.
General Robert E. Lee instructed General James Longstreet to seize the Maryland towns of Boonsboro and Hagerstown. Lee's goal was to use both towns as a base of operations in Maryland.
Robert L. Swann - comptroller of Maryland - was born in 1935.
On September 8, 1862, General Robert E. Lee was headquartered near Fredericktown, Maryland. He issued his proclamation to Maryland's citizens carrying the theme that the Federal government had violated their Constitutional rights. He cited the unlawful arrests and abuse the US government had laid upon the people of Maryland. Lee promised the people of Maryland a return to their rights that the US government had taken away from them unlawfully.
Both Confederate President Jefferson Davis and General Robert E. Lee believed that former Maryland governor, E. Louis Howe could be a help in Maryland. The idea was that he might be able to gather political leaders in Maryland to the Confederate side.
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Robert Goddard died in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Hoping to reach Pennsylvania, to convince Britain and France that the Confederacy was a winning team worth backing.To convince the British that the Confederates were able to win a victory on Northern soil, and were worth backing with official recognition and military aid.The British were treating this campaign as the test of Confederate viability, and many of their leaders favoured intervention on the side of the South.
Because General Robert E. Lee found he could not live off the land in Maryland, he needed to open a supply line to the Valley. In order to accomplish this he had to reduce Harpers Ferry and also Martinsburg.