Maryland in the American Civil War a majority of the legislature, wished to remain in the Union, but did not want to be involved in a war against their southern neighbors, and sought to prevent a military response by Lincoln to the South's secession. After John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859, many citizens began forming local militias, determined to prevent a future slave uprising. The first bloodshed of the Civil War occurred in Maryland. Anxious about the risk of secessionists capturing Washington, D.C., given that the capital was bordered by Virginia, and preparing for war with the South, the federal government requested armed volunteers
The Boulevard at the Capital Centre The Boulevard at the Capital Centre The Boulevard at the Capital Centre was an open-air shopping center in the Lake Arbor census-designated place, in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland; it had a Landover postal address. It was located on the site of the former Capital Centre, the former home of the Washington Bullets and Washington Capitals. Opened in 2003, the Boulevard at the Capital Centre is next to the Largo Town Center Washington Metro station (the eastern terminus of the Blue and Silver Lines). The facility has more than 70 establishments. It was formerly the home of short-lived chain restaurant