"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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Pompeiian Fete, Baltimore
Subject:
Photographs, Baltimore (Md.), Subject Vertical File, Leisure, Recreation, Celebrations and parades 
Item ID:
[SVF]
Creator:
Quartley’s Gallery
Description:
Pompeiian Fete. Greenmount Avenue and North Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland. Quartley’s Gallery, 1890. Cabinet card. Subject Vertical File (Baltimore, Festivals).
Date of Original:
1890
Collection:
Subject Vertical File, 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. No use or reproduction without permission. For more information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org 