Black Marylander reveals the location of hidden rebel arms on the property of a future Maryland state senator
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Black Marylander reveals the location of hidden rebel arms on the property of a future Maryland state senator
Description
Brig. Gen. H.H. Lockwood to Lt. Col. Lawrence (AAG) reporting that in the summer of 1861 he obtained information from a Black Marylander that Mr. [William B.] Stevenson had a quantity of guns stored in his barn. Mr. Stevenson is now the senator-elect from Harford Co, MD.
Date
1/21/1864
Coverage
Havre de Grace, Harford County, MD
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Commander of the Third Separate Brigade to the Headquarters of the Eighth Army Corps
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3d Sep. Brig. 8th A.C.
Baltimore Dec. 21st 1864
Lt. Col. L. B. Lawrence
A.A.G. 8th A.C.
Col. In reply to inquiries made to me by the Maj. Genl. Comdg. concerning a Mr. Stevens I have the honor to state, that while stationed at Havre-de-Grace in the summer of 1861, I obtained information from a negro, that there was a quantity of arms concealed in the barn of a Mr. Stevenson. I sent Capt. Watson (who was afterwards killed at the battle of Antietam) of my regiment to search and he succeeded in finding about thirty stand of arms concealed under the floor of the barn. These arms, I seized, but being unable to obtain any evidence of Mr. Stevenson’s complicity, and he disclaiming all connection with, or knowledge of, the matter, I took no further action in the case.
This Mr. Stevenson, I learn is now senator elect from Harford Co. Very Respectfully Your Obedt. Servt.
Henry H. Lockwood
Brig. General
Brig. General Henry H. Lockwood to Lt. Col. L. B. Lawrence, 21 Dec. 1864, Vol. 85/161, p. 131, Letters Received, ser. 2343, Middle Dept. and 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-4222].
Head Quarters
3d Sep. Brig. 8th A.C.
Baltimore Dec. 21st 1864
Lt. Col. L. B. Lawrence
A.A.G. 8th A.C.
Col. In reply to inquiries made to me by the Maj. Genl. Comdg. concerning a Mr. Stevens I have the honor to state, that while stationed at Havre-de-Grace in the summer of 1861, I obtained information from a negro, that there was a quantity of arms concealed in the barn of a Mr. Stevenson. I sent Capt. Watson (who was afterwards killed at the battle of Antietam) of my regiment to search and he succeeded in finding about thirty stand of arms concealed under the floor of the barn. These arms, I seized, but being unable to obtain any evidence of Mr. Stevenson’s complicity, and he disclaiming all connection with, or knowledge of, the matter, I took no further action in the case.
This Mr. Stevenson, I learn is now senator elect from Harford Co. Very Respectfully Your Obedt. Servt.
Henry H. Lockwood
Brig. General
Brig. General Henry H. Lockwood to Lt. Col. L. B. Lawrence, 21 Dec. 1864, Vol. 85/161, p. 131, Letters Received, ser. 2343, Middle Dept. and 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-4222].
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“Black Marylander reveals the location of hidden rebel arms on the property of a future Maryland state senator,” Black Maryland in the Civil War—A Microedition of the Freedmen and Southern Society Project, accessed June 8, 2026, https://fssp.artinterp2.org/items/show/28.