"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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Landscape: Mt. Airy, Maryland
Subject:
PP262, Artists' Excursion Over the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Photograph Collection; Photographs; Landscapes; Maryland; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; Railroads; Trains; Transportation 
Item ID:
[PP262.07]
Creator:
Unidentified Photographer
Description:
Landscape: Mt. Airy, Maryland. B&O Railroad Views. Note: Formerly designated as Z24.97.VF.
Date of Original:
1857
Collection:
Artists' Excursion Over the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Photograph Collection, Special Collections Department
Type/Size:
8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4cm)
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 