Northern Chesapeake Heritage Foundation
Preserving the Past ~ Securing the Future
USS Yorktown (CV-5) Killed in Action on 8 May 1942 while onboard the USS Aircraft Carrier Yorktown during the Battle of the Coral Sea. Died of mortal wounds received when a Japanese shell exploded in the area of his detachment. Buried at Sea with full honors. Memorialized on the “Tablets of the Missing” located in the American…
Medical Company, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. Killed in action on 27 Nov 1950, near Hill 1221 when the CCF ambushed his unit as it attempted to travel from Hudong-ni to the P’ungnyuri Inlet. Maj. Baido’s remains were never recovered. He is classified as MIA with his case “Deferred.” He is memorialized on the Courts…
You Are Not Forgotten
Since the dawn of Maryland as a British colony in the early 17th century, its farmers, millers, merchants, citizen-soldiers, and their diverse lines of descendants have taken up the mantle of patriotic service to ensure that freedom and security for themselves, their families, their state, and their country would endure in perpetuity. Maryland’s veterans have…
Born 12 Sep 1924 in Nanking, China. Dr. Robert Seager, II was an award-winning historian, educator, and author. He wrote and edited numerous books and articles on American history, including “Letters and Papers of Alfred Thayer Mahan” and “The Papers of Henry Clay.” Dr, Seager also founded the University of Baltimore Graduate School.
Major William Pinkney’s 1st Rifle Battalion. Veteran of the Battle of North Point in Baltimore Co., 12 Sep 1814. Carpenter by trade.
Capt. Graybell’s Co. German Battalion, Continental Troops. Prominent Baltimore Merchant. Born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on 17 Feb 1753 to David and Anna (Kauffman) Mumma, Sr. David would relocate with his parents to Baltimore County around 1770, becoming a prominent merchant in the years following the war. He would die on 13 Oct 1816, and…
Col. George W. Hughes’ MD & DC Volunteers. Brick Mason by trade. Asahel Hewitt was born to Elmer and Elizabeth (Hunt) Hewitt in Baltimore on 19 Feb 1832. He would marry Catherine Jane Hartman on 23 Sep 1851. Catherine would die just two years after their 5th child in 1862. After moving about the mid-west…
Medal of Honor Recipient Co. I, 5th US Infantry. 20 Years Service, 1873-1893. Native of Iowa, enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, KS. Born: ca. 1850 Burlington, IA – Died 10 Jul 1895 in Baltimore, MD John Knox was a member of Co. I, 5th US Infantry, serving 20 years before his retirement on 22 Jun 1893….
Jurist, Delegate, Soldier, Planter Benjamin Rumsey was born on the 6th of October, 1734 to William and Sabina (Blaidenburgh) Rumsey at Earleville, Cecil County, Maryland. William was a prominent and wealthy landowner. The Rumsey religious affiliation was Episcopal. After attending Princeton, he read law and was admitted to the bar. He was an attorney by…