1861-1877
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888
Engraving
Title: Massachusetts Militia Passing Through Baltimore
One engraving entitled "Massachusetts Militia Passing Through Baltimore" circa 1861-1877. Depicts the Baltimore riot of April 19, 1861. Massachusetts militia passing through Baltimore are attacked by a seccessionist mob. In the center of the painting Union forces defend themselves against violent seccesionist weilding pickaxes and rifles.On the left a woman in white uses her body to shield a wounded woman lying in the street. In the background smoke and flying debris fill the street. Engraved by F.F. Walker after a painting by Felix Octavius Carr Darley.
GLC08878.0151