Maryland, dear Maryland

Caption title. To be sung to the tune: Maryland my Maryland. Poetry in one ten-line and eleven eight-line stanzas printed in black within double line border. Cut of Maryland state flag between title and text. At head of poem: Written under the influence of the excitement prevalent in Baltimore, when the news was received that the confederates had crossed the Potomac at Port Tobacco, and cut Gen. Sickle's brigade to pieces. At end of text: N.G.R. Baltimore, Oct 27th, 1861.