"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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Sketch of Washington's Island, James, River, Virginia.
Subject:
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, Works on paper, Landscape, Landscape--Water, Latrobe Family, Virginia. 
Item ID:
1960.108.1.1.33
Creator:
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
Description:
Sketch of Washington's Island, James River, Virginia. Work on paper by Benjamin Henry Latrobe. April 14, 1796.
Date of Original:
1796
Collection:
Latrobe Sketchbooks, Museum Department
Type/Size:
Image
Restrictions:
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Rights:
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org 