Charlotte Hall Military Academy
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Charlotte Hall, Maryland
Charlotte Hall is a census-designated place in St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,214 at the 2000 census. The Maryland Veterans Home for disabled veterans, including a U.S. Veterans Affairs clinic, is located on the site of the former Charlotte Hall Military Academy...
, was established as Charlotte Hall School in 1774 by Queen Charlotte
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was the Queen consort of the United Kingdom as the wife of King George III...
to provide for the liberal and pious education of youth to better fit them for the discharge of their duties for the United States. It was one of the oldest educational institutions in the United States, fully accredited by the Maryland State Department of Education
Maryland State Department of Education
Maryland State Department of Education is a division of the state government of Maryland in the United States. The agency oversees public school districts. The agency is headquartered at 200 West Baltimore Street in Baltimore...
.
The landed estate of the school embraced 300 acres (1.2 km²). The School was non-sectarian and of high moral tone. There were many illustrious graduates, persons of all major professions, clergy and congressmen.
The School closed its doors in 1976 because of increasing financial problems. The property is now part of the Charlotte Hall Historic District
Charlotte Hall Historic District
Charlotte Hall Historic District is a national historic district in Charlotte Hall, St. Mary's County, Maryland. It encompasses a small village along "Old Route 5." It includes 13 recorded buildings and sites of historic and/or architectural interest as well as the main campus of the Charlotte Hall...
. It is operated as the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home, a program of the Maryland State Department of Veterans Affairs.
Notable alumni
- Edward BatesEdward BatesEdward Bates was a U.S. lawyer and statesman. He served as United States Attorney General under Abraham Lincoln from 1861 to 1864...
(1793–1869), United States Attorney GeneralUnited States Attorney GeneralThe United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government. The attorney general is considered to be the chief lawyer of the U.S. government...
under Abraham LincolnAbraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and... - Robert BowieRobert BowieRobert Bowie served as the 11th Governor of the state of Maryland in the United States, from 1803 to 1806, and from 1811 to 1812....
(1750–1818), Governor of Maryland - León Febres CorderoLeón Febres CorderoLeón Esteban Febres-Cordero Ribadeneyra was President of Ecuador for a four-year term from 10 August 1984 to 10 August 1988...
(1931-2008), President of Ecuador - William Barton Wade DentWilliam Barton Wade DentWilliam Barton Wade Dent was an American politician, educator, soldier and businessman from Georgia. He represented Georgia in the U.S. Congress ....
(1806-1855) - Daniel JeniferDaniel JeniferDaniel Jenifer was an American lawyer and statesman from Charles County, Maryland. He graduated from Charlotte Hall Military Academy. He represented Maryland's 1st Congressional district in the U.S. Congress in 1831–1833 and the 7th district from 1835–1841. From 1841–1845 he served as U.S....
(1791–1855), congressman from Maryland and U.S. Minister to the Austrian EmpireAustrian EmpireThe Austrian Empire was a modern era successor empire, which was centered on what is today's Austria and which officially lasted from 1804 to 1867. It was followed by the Empire of Austria-Hungary, whose proclamation was a diplomatic move that elevated Hungary's status within the Austrian Empire... - John Thomson Mason (1787–1850)John Thomson Mason (1787–1850)John Thomson Mason was an American lawyer, United States marshal, Secretary of Michigan Territory from 1830 through 1831, land agent, and an important figure in the Texas Revolution.-Early life and education:...
- Thomas Parran, Sr.Thomas Parran, Sr.Thomas Parran was an American politician.Born near St. Leonard, Maryland, Parran attended the public schools and Charlotte Hall Military Academy. He was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1884 to 1888, and served as chief deputy collector for the Bureau of Internal Revenue for the...
(1860–1955), Surgeon General of the United StatesSurgeon General of the United StatesThe Surgeon General of the United States is the operational head of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and thus the leading spokesperson on matters of public health in the federal government...
from 1936 to 1948 - William B. RochesterWilliam B. RochesterWilliam Beatty Rochester was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...
(1789-1838) - Admiral Raphael SemmesRaphael SemmesFor other uses, see Semmes .Raphael Semmes was an officer in the United States Navy from 1826 - 1860 and the Confederate States Navy from 1860 - 1865. During the American Civil War he was captain of the famous commerce raider CSS Alabama, taking a record sixty-nine prizes...
(1809–1877), captain CSS AlabamaCSS AlabamaCSS Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built for the Confederate States Navy at Birkenhead, United Kingdom, in 1862 by John Laird Sons and Company. Alabama served as a commerce raider, attacking Union merchant and naval ships over the course of her two-year career, during which she never anchored in... - Sylvester StalloneSylvester StalloneMichael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone , commonly known as Sylvester Stallone, and nicknamed Sly Stallone, is an American actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, film director and occasional painter. Stallone is known for his machismo and Hollywood action roles. Two of the notable characters he has portrayed...
(1946- ), attended in 1961 - Owsley StanleyOwsley StanleyOwsley Stanley also known as Bear, was an essential and transitional personality in the development of the San Francisco Bay counter-culture. Spanning the Beat-era years of Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters scenes, he was equally pivotal to the explosion of 1960's Psychedelia culture...
(1935-2011), Underground LSD cook, sound man and financier for the Grateful Dead - James ThomasJames Thomas (Governor of Maryland)James Thomas served as the 23rd Governor of the state of Maryland in the United States from 1833 to 1836. He practiced medicine and served as judge in several courts throughout Maryland, and served in the Maryland State Senate from 1824–1830.-Biography:He was born at "De la Brooke Manor," in...
(1785-1845), Governor of Maryland - Richard Thomas (Zarvona)Richard Thomas (Zarvona)Richard Thomas Zarvona , born Richard Thomas Jr., was an American adventurer and a Confederate Army officer who became known as "the French lady" after a disguised Thomas and a crew of accomplices seized the passenger steamer St...
(1833-1875) - George WatterstonGeorge WatterstonGeorge Watterston was the third Librarian of the United States Congress from 1815 to 1829.-Biography:Watterston, the son of a builder from Jedburgh, Scotland, was born on board a ship in New York Harbor. When Watterston was eight, his family moved to Washington D.C., his father attracted by the...
(1783–1854), first Librarian of Congress - John F. Wood, Jr.John F. Wood, Jr.John F. Wood, Jr. is an American politician who represents district 29A in the Maryland House of Delegates. He has served for more than 20 years and is the former chairman of two key House committees.-Background:...
(1936- ), member Maryland House of DelegatesMaryland House of DelegatesThe Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland, and is composed of 141 Delegates elected from 47 districts. The House chamber is located in the state capitol building on State Circle in Annapolis... - David HeroldDavid HeroldDavid Edgar Herold was an accomplice of John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. After guiding fellow conspirator Lewis Powell to the home of Secretary of State William H. Seward, whom Powell intended to kill, Herold fled and rendezvoused outside of Washington, D.C., with Booth...
(1842-1865), One of the Lincoln Assassination Conspirators
External links
- Charlotte Hall School Marker
- History of Charlotte Hall Veterans Home
- Charlotte Hall School, State Routes 5 & 236, Charlotte Hall, St. Mary's County, MD: 1 photo and 1 data page, at Historic American Building Survey
- Charlotte Hall School, Administration Building, State Routes 5 & 236, Charlotte Hall, St. Mary's County, MD: 12 photos, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey