"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."
Did you know...
Eclipse over Washington Monument
Subject:
Bodine, A. Aubrey; Photograph; Eclipses.; Baltimore (Md.); Washington Monument--Baltimore (Md.) 
Item ID:
B1387
Creator:
Bodine, A. Aubrey, 1906-1970.
Description:
Eclipse over Washington Monument. Black and white photograph by A. Aubrey Bodine.
Collection:
Baltimore City Life Museum Collection; Special Collections Department
Type/Size:
Image
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 