"On the evening of May 13, 1861, General Benjamin Butler and 1,000 Union soldiers arrived at Baltimore's Camden Street Station by train. Under the cover of a thunderstorm, they fortified Federal Hill to ensure the city of Baltimore remained under Union control, after the Pratt Street Riot less than a month earlier."
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Baltimore City Courthouse
Subject:
Photographs, Street scenes, Baltimore (Md.), Exterior, Courthouses, Architecture, horse-drawn wagons, 
Item ID:
[SVF]
Creator:
Unidentified Photographer
Description:
Baltimore - Courthouses - Baltimore City Courthouse - Ca. 1891. View of courthouse - Monument Square with the Gilmor House to the left. Horse and Buggy on the right.
Date of Original:
Ca. 1891
Collection:
Subject Vertical File
Type/Size:
9.25 x 7.75 inches (23.5 x 19.7cm)
Restrictions:
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Rights:
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org 