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Arrival of Ohio Troops at Balti

A print of a photograph taken of a various trains arriving at a yard. Likely Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD, as the masts of ships in the harbor can be seen in the background. The trains are mostly enclosed boxcars, though a passenger car can be seen...

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Captain's letter book. Reports, letters and orders, U.S. practice ship John Adams.

The John Adams was a training ship for midshipmen at the Naval Academy. As such, the daily orders have many references to extra duties and "watch" dealt out as punishment for minor ("smoking", "for not having hammocks up in time") and more serious (...

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New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 14, no. 43 (April 23, 1861)]

Published at 70 Camp Street. Front page article says the Confederacy has seized Harper's Ferry. Account of the capture of the steamship "Star of the West." Local news says "Abolition Sympathsizers to be Looked After." The meeting named ex-Brigadier...

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Herald extra

Reports on various events related to the 19 April 1861 Baltimore Riot, during which secessionists attacked Union soldiers passing through the city. Discusses a town meeting held in Calais' Horton's Hall, where "The vast assemblage was animated by...

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Herald extra

Reports on various events related to the 19 April 1861 Baltimore Riot, during which secessionists attacked Union soldiers passing through the city. Referring to Baltimore officials' prior authorization of the destruction of bridges leading into the...

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The Battle in Baltimore April 19th 1861

What Volck calls a "battle" has been more often been described as the Baltimore Riot. Shows the 6th Massachusetts Regiment travelling through Baltimore to Washington, answering Lincoln's call for 75,000 volunteers for ninety days' service to defend...

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Herald Extra. [(April 23, 1861)]

Headlines reads, "Very latest by telegraph his afternoon. Rebellious excitement in Maryland and Virginia. Northern students sent home. 14000 troops at Washington. Vessels arming for the Blockade." Reports on various events related to the 19 April...

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Lexington and Baltimore

features picture of Lexington battle in 1775 and the battle of Baltimore in 1861.

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to Benjamin Franklin Butler

United States General-In-Chief Scott relates orders received from President Abraham Lincoln to General Butler, Brigadier General of Militia, regarding the Legislature of Maryland scheduled to assemble at Annapolis. Hoping to prevent further uprising...

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Herald extra

Reports on various events related to the 19 April 1861 Baltimore Riot, during which secessionists attacked Union soldiers passing through the city. Headlines announce "Governor Hicks Yielding" and "Massachusetts Regiment Reach Washington!"...

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