Wells and McComas Monument

Description

View of the Wells and McComas Monument at East Monument Street and North Aisquith Street in Baltimore, Maryland, decorated for Baltimore's sesquicentennial celebration in October of 1880. The 21-foot-tall obelisk was constructed between 1871-1873 to commemorate Daniel Wells and Henry Gough McComas, two privates in Captain Edward Asquith's Sharpshooters, 1st Rifle Battalion, Maryland Militia. Wells and McComas were also known as the "boy heroes" of the War of 1812.

Creator

unknown

Date

1880-10

Language(s)

English

Collection Number

PP135

Object ID

PP135.36

Extent

1 print (from group of 14)

Resource ID

1940

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

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