"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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Railroad train No. 232 at Cumberland, Maryland
Subject:
Trains, Transportation, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, Photographs, Portrait group 
Item ID:
PP262.05
Creator:
Unidentified photographer
Description:
Railroad train No. 232 at Cumberland, Maryland. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Shows men posed with train, conductor, and buildings in background. Salted paper print. Artists' Excursion Over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Photograph Collection, ca. 1857-1859.
Date of Original:
ca. 1857-1859
Collection:
Artists' Excursion Over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Photograph Collection, Special Collections Department
Type/Size:
Print, 8 x 10 inch (20.32 x 25.4 cm.)
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 