Baltimore and the Nineteenth of April, 1861; A Study of the War, by
George William Brown

Published: Baltimore, N. Murray, Publication Agent, Johns Hopkins
University, 1887

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                                 BALTIMORE
                                    AND
                       THE NINETEENTH OF APRIL, 1861
                            A Study of the War
                          BY GEORGE WILLIAM BROWN
Chief Judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore, and Mayor of the City in 
1861

                            LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                      AUG 22 1897 CITY OF WASHINGTON

                                BALTIMORE
          N. MURRAY, PUBLICATION AGENT, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
                                  1887



                      Copyright, 1887, by N. Murray.

                       ISAAC FRIEDENWALD, PRINTER,
                                BALTIMORE.




CONTENTS:

CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION.--THE FIRST BLOOD SHED IN THE WAR.--THE SUPPOSED PLOT TO 
ASSASSINATE THE INCOMING PRESIDENT.--THE MIDNIGHT RIDE TO WASHINGTON. ... 9

CHAPTER II.
THE COMPROMISES OF THE CONSTITUTION IN REGARD TO SLAVERY.--A DIVIDED 
HOUSE.--THE BROKEN COMPACT.--THE RIGHT OF REVOLUTION. .... 20

CHAPTER III.
MARYLAND'S DESIRE FOR PEACE.--EVENTS WHICH FOLLOWED THE ELECTION OF 
PRESIDENT LINCOLN.--HIS PROCLAMATION CALLING FOR TROOPS.--THE CITY 
AUTHORITIES AND POLICE OF BALTIMORE.--INCREASING EXCITEMENT IN
BALTIMORE. .... 30

CHAPTER IV.
THE SIXTH MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT IN BALTIMORE.--THE FIGHT.--THE DEPARTURE 
FOR WASHINGTON.--CORRESPONDENCE IN REGARD TO THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.--
PUBLIC MEETING.--TELEGRAM TO THE PRESIDENT.--NO REPLY.--BURNING OF BRIDGES.
.... 42

CHAPTER V.
APRIL 20TH, INCREASING EXCITEMENT.--APPROPRIATION OF $500,000 FOR DEFENSE 
OF THE CITY.--CORRESPONDENCE WITH PRESIDENT AND GOVERNOR.--MEN ENROLLED.--
APPREHENDED ATTACK ON FORT McHENRY.--MARSHAL KANE.--INTERVIEW WITH 
PRESIDENT, CABINET AND GENERAL SCOTT.--GENERAL BUTLER, WITH THE EIGHTH 
MASSACHUSETTS, PROCEEDS TO ANNAPOLIS AND WASHING TON.--BALTIMORE IN A 
STATE OF ARMED NEUTRALITY. .... 60

CHAPTER VI.
SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.--REPORT OF THE BOARD OF POLICE.--
SUPPRESSION OF THE FLAGS.--ON THE 5TH OF MAY, GENERAL BUTLER TAKES 
POSITION SEVEN MILES FROM BALTIMORE.--ON THE 13TH OF MAY, HE ENTERS 
BALTIMORE AND FORTIFIES FEDERAL HILL.--THE GNERAL ASSEMBLY WILL TAKE NO 
STEPS TOWARDS SECESSION.--MANY YOUNG MEN JOIN THE ARMY OF THE CONFEDERACY.
.... 79

CHAPTER VII.
CHIEF JUSTICE TANEY AND THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS.--A UNION CONVENTION.--
CONSEQUENCE OF THE SUSPENSION OF THE WRIT.--INCIDENTS OF THE WAR.--THE 
WOMEN IN THE WAR. .... 87

CHAPTER VIII.
GENERAL BANKS IN COMMAND.--MARSHAL KANE ARRESTED.--POLICE COMMISSIONERS 
SUPERSEDED.--RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.--POLICE 
COMMISSIONERS ARRESTED.--MEMORIAL ADDRESSED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL 
TO CONGRESS.--GENERAL DIX IN COMMAND.--ARREST OF MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL 
ASSEMBLY, THE MAYOR AND OTHERS.--RELEASE OF PRISONERS.--COLONEL DIMICK.
.... 97

CHAPTER IX.
A PERSONAL CHAPTER. .... 113

APPENDIX I.
ACCOUNT OF THE ALLEGED CONSPIRACY TO ASSASSINATE ABRAHAM LINCOLN ON HIS 
JOURNEY TO BALTIMORE, FROM THE "LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN," BY WARD H. 
LAMON, pp. 511--526. .... 120 

APPENDIX II.
EXTRACT FROM THE OPINION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, 
DELIVERED BY CHIEF JUSTICE TANEY IN THE CASE OF DEED SCOTT vs. SANDFORD, 
(19 HOW. 407). .... 138

APPENDIX III.
THE HABEAS CORPUS CASE EX PARTE JOHN MERRYMAN, CAMPBELL'S REPORTS, P. 
246.--OPINION OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES. .... 139

APPENDIX IV.
MESSAGE OF THE 12TH OF JULY, 1861, TO THE FIRST AND SECOND BRANCHES OF THE 
CITY COUNCIL, REFERRING TO THE EVENTS OF THE 10TH OF APRIL AND THOSE WHICH 
FOLLOWED.--THE FIRST PARAGRAPH AND THE CONCLUDING PARAGRAPHS OF THIS 
DOCUMENT. .... 157 

APPENDIX V.
AS A PART OF THE HISTORY OF THE TIMES, REPRODUCTION FROM THE BALTIMORE 
"AMERICAN" OF DECEMBER 5, 1860, OF THE RECEPTION OF THE PUTNAM PHALANX, OF 
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, IN THE CITY OF BALTIMORE. .... 160

APPENDIX VI.
VISIT OF A PORTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SIXTH MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT TO 
BALTIMORE ON THE 19TH OF APRIL, 1880, AND AN ACCOUNT OF ITS RECEPTION, 
FROM THE BALTIMORE "SUN" AND THE BALTIMORE "AMERICAN." .... 167 

INDEX. .... 171

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