"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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Civil War exhibit opens in Maryland
The Maryland Historical Society's museum opened Maryland's largest and most comprehensive Civil War exhibit this month.
The impact of the war is told in personal terms in "Divided Voices: Maryland in the Civil War." The exhibit occupies more than 5,000 square feet and tells the story of a tragedy in three acts: the romantic war, the real war and the long reunion.
The exhibit will run for four years with annual updates.
Admission is $6 for adults, $5 for seniors, $4 for ages 3 to 18, free for 2 and younger. The museum is free on the first Thursday of each month. For details, go to www.mdhs.org or call (410) 685-3750.
From wire reports
Read more at the Richmond Times-Dispatch
