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Bloodshed in the Streets of Baltimore:
On April 19, 1861, the Civil War's first blood was spilled on Baltimore's Pratt Street. Union soldiers, heading to protect Washington DC, traded rail cars for horse-drawn trolleys to transfer between President Street and Camden Street Stations. Secessionist mobs armed with bricks and guns blocked the tracks with debris. The 6th Massachusetts, forced to march, fired at the firing crowd. Four soldiers and twelve civilians died. Both sides expected more trouble. |