"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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First Colored Baptist Church.
View the Wilson Collection finding aid.
Subject:
Photographs, Architecture--Exterior, Street scene, Street scene--Urban Landscape, Baltimore (Md.), Baltimore (Md.)--Churches and synagogues, African American history, Churches and synagogues, PP3, Numbered Collections 
Item ID:
PP3.22
Creator:
Wilson, John Appleton, 1851-1927
Description:
First Colored Baptist Church. 525 North Caroline Street, Baltimore, Maryland. Corner of North Carolina Street and McElderry Street. (Formerly Z24.1956)
Collection:
Wilson Collection, Special Collections Department
Type/Size:
Image
Restrictions:
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
Rights:
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org 