"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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Veterans at 2nd Maryland Monument, CSA
Subject:
American Civil War; 1861-1865; Confederate States of America; Maryland Line Confederate Soldiers' Home; Photograph; Monuments; Gettysburg (Pa.) 
Item ID:
PP159.17
Description:
Veterans at 2nd Maryland Monument, CSA. Culp
Date of Original:
ca. 1861
Collection:
Maryland Line Confederate Soldiers
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 