"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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La Fayette Barracks, Baltimore, Maryland.
Subject:
Prints, American Civil War, 1861-1865, Lithographs; Occupation--Military--Soldier, E. Sachse & Co., Baltimore (Md.), Lafayette Square (Baltimore, Md.), Baltimore (Md.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Baltimore (Md.) Lafayette Square, Military camps, Maryland. Militia, Barracks--Maryland--1860-1870., Military camps--Maryland 
Item ID:
[Medium Print]
Creator:
E. Sachse & Co.
Description:
La Fayette [sic] Barracks, Baltimore, Maryland. 151st Regiment New York Volunteers (with names). Lithograph by E. Sachse & Company, ca. 1862. Accession: 72642. Medium Prints Collection: Civil War, 1861-1865, Barracks and Quarters.
Date of Original:
ca. 1862
Collection:
Medium Prints Collection, Special Collections Department
Type/Size:
Image, 27.75 x 20.67 cm.
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 
