"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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Map of the State of Maryland
Subject:
Maps; Maps--Maryland 
Item ID:
[Map 1794]
Creator:
Griffith, Dennis
Description:
Map of the State of Maryland, 1794 [1795] by Dennis Griffith. Griffith
Date of Original:
1794 [1795]
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 