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11-06-2009, 05:41 PM
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Volunteer Street Fight In Baltimore, 1861
This was mentioned on a print I found online.
It peaked my interest but I cant find any information on the event. http://www.zazzle.com/volunteer_stre...55793181359130 Can anyone elaborate?
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11-06-2009, 05:59 PM
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Re: Volunteer Street Fight In Baltimore, 1861
There should be lots of things about it online. Search for stuff like Baltimore riot 1861 or Pratt Street riot. Big excitement. Long story short, US troops had to change cars in Baltimore, got mugged. I'd love to see a reenactment of it. Here's the issue of Harper's Weekly that talked about it.
Hank Trent hanktrent@gmail.com
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11-06-2009, 06:04 PM
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Re: Volunteer Street Fight In Baltimore, 1861
Any general text on the Civil War will have information on the 6th Massachusetts (Lord, that spelling always looks wrong!) and its epic and deadly march through secessionist mobs in Baltimore 19 April, '61. At the time Baltimore was a funnel through which one pretty-much had to go to enter Washington City from the northeast. Railroads did not connect there; one dismounted one, traversed a few blocks, and mounted another train. The Massachusetts boys were the first significant armed force to garrison Washington after Sumter. Lincoln was feeling rather lonely prior to their arrival.
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