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Letters related to the 19 April 1861 Baltimore Riot [Decimalized .01-.08]

GLC00451

to Thomas Holliday Hicks

Thomas, Baltimore city solicitor, relates events that took place during the April 19, 1861 Baltimore Riot to Maryland Governor Hicks. States that General Charles Calvert Egerton falsely informed a mob that Hicks had issued orders that Union troops...

GLC00451.01

to Thomas Holliday Hicks

Mercer, Governor Hick's aid-de-camp during the April 19, 1861 Baltimore Riot, states that during the riot Hicks refused to interfere with the passage of Northern troops through the city despite the urging of his political colleagues. Written at the...

GLC00451.02

to Thomas Holliday Hicks

Co-signed by Grayson Eichelberger, Ulysses Hobbs, and William Maulsby, soldiers present for the April 19, 1861 Baltimore Riot. Shriver et al. claim that General Bradley Tyler Johnson, with Baltimore Marshal of Police George Proctor Kane and others...

GLC00451.03

to Thomas Holliday Hicks

Mercer, Maryland Governor Hicks' aid-de-camp during the April 19, 1861 Baltimore Riot, transmits a statement (not included) describing events of the Riot. Claims that he heard Hicks order General Charles Calvert Egerton to drive back the mob of...

GLC00451.04