A Loudon Park mystery of a Black Union soldier is solved
The final indignity befell Cpl. William Demby when his name was spelled incorrectly on his tombstone at Loudon Park National Cemetery. The Union Army corporal died of wounds during the Civil War and was interred off Frederick Avenue in Southwest Baltimore. But what is thought to be a handwriting error denied him the recognition of a properly marked white limestone marker. Born in Queen Anne’s ...
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