"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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Combined Map Inventory
This inventory combines the medium and large map inventories previously on our web site, along with an inventory of maps from the Baltimore City Life Museums Collection. For your convenience, however, it is divided into the following categories:
North America and United States
Maps may be requested in special collections. Please include as much information as you can on the request slip, including the information at the beginning of the entry (date, large/medium or BCLM, subject) as well as the title. If it is a BCLM map, also include the information at the end, such as Dr 26 or WOP 20 x 24 Box 10.
