Maryland never did come—into the Confederacy, that is. But the sympathies of many of her citizens remained strongly Southern. It was a Marylander, John Wilkes Booth, who leapt onto the stage of Ford’s Theater shouting “Sic semper tyrannis!” after having put a bullet in Lincoln’s head. For the crowd at Pete’s Bar, at least, sentiments hadn’t changed all that much in the 130 years since.
