"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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South Charles Street, looking north, Baltimore
Subject:
Architecture, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Horse-drawn wagons, Business, Industry, Baltimore (Md.) 
Item ID:
MC4717
Creator:
Unidentified photographer
Description:
South Charles Street, looking north, Baltimore. Charles Center area. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Building on left side. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Collection. Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, 8x10 glass, Box 3. Note: Reference photograph.
Date of Original:
1905
Collection:
Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Photographs Collection, Special Collections Department
Type/Size:
Glass negative, 8 x 10 inch (20.32 x 25.4 cm)
Restrictions:
Restricted to reference photograph. For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
Rights:
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org 