"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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Front view of the Capitol "B" elevation.
Subject:
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.), Drawing, Competitions, Architectural, Works on paper, Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.) 
Item ID:
1976.88.12
Creator:
Hart, Philip, fl. 1790-1798
Description:
Front view of the Capitol "B" elevation. Signed lower left edge: "Philip Hart." Three joined pieces of creme paper with pricked guide points, pen and iron gall ink, scored guide lines, pencil shading and pencil graffiti. Not dated. United States Capitol drawing competition, 1792. Donor: John Hazlehurst Boneval Latrobe.
Date of Original:
Unknown
Collection:
Works on paper, Drawing--Architectural, Museum Department
Type/Size:
Image; 45.88 x 60.81 cm.
Restrictions:
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Rights:
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org 