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Civil War Baltimore
Our House Divided:
Civil War Baltimore provides us with a look at the strategically important major American city, (third largest in 1860) in a state that did not secede but was at times administered by the US Army. After the Pratt Street Riot, federal troops moved in and for the next four years Baltimoreans who supported the South lived under the watchful eyes of a military commander and his provost marshal.
While the city's business ties to the South withered and died, Baltimoreans cared for tens of thousands from both sides and served as a major transportation hub and supply depot for the Union Army. In Baltimore, you will discover ho the story unfolded, and feel its lingering aftermath.
The Union Must Hold:
On April 21, 1861, two days after Baltimore exploded in violence, a group of Fell's Point shopkeepers expressed their loyalty to the Union by posing for a photograph with the American flag. Union troops would soon embrace the "Star Spangled Banner," born in Baltimore during the War of 1812, as their anthem.
Occupying the High Ground:
On the night of May 13, 1861, less than a month after the Pratt Street Riot, General Benjamin F. Butler marched in beneath a violent thunderstorm and stationed his Union soldiers on Federal Hill. Butler was quickly relieved for impetuousness, but Union guns could now reach any part of the city. |