2. THE FIRST BLOOD SHED IN THE WAR,

3. THE SUPPOSED PLOT TO ASSASSINATE THE INCOMING PRESIDENT,

4. THE MIDNIGHT RIDE TO WASHINGTON,

CHAPTER II.

1. THE COMPROMISES OF. THE CONSTITUTION IN REGARD TO SLAVERY,

2. A DIVIDED HOUSE,

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4. THE RIGHT OF REVOLUTION,

2. EVENTS WHICH FOLLOWED THE ELECTION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN, .

3. HIS PROCLAMATION CALLING FOR TROOPS,

4. THE CITY AUTHORITIES AND POLICE OF BALTIMORE,

5. INCREASING EXCITEMENT IN BALTIMORE,

4. CORRESPONDENCE IN REGARD TO THE KILLED AND WOUNDED,

5. PUBLIC MEETING,

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CHAPTER V.

1. APRIL 20TH-INCREASING EXCITEMENT,

2. APPROPRIATION OF $500,000 FOR DEFENSE OF THE CITY,

3. CORRESPONDENCE WITH PRESIDENT and Governor,

7. Interview with President, Cabinet, and GENERAL Scott,

8. GENERAL Butler, with tHE EIGHTH MASSACHUSETTS, PROCEEDS

4. ON THE 5TH OF MAY GENERAL BUTLER TAKES POSITION SIX MILES

FROM BALTIMORE,

5. ON THE 13TH OF MAY HE ENTERS BALTIMORE AND FORTIFIES FED-

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6. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WILL TAKE NO STEPS TOWARD SECESSION,

7. MANY YOUNG MEN JOIN THE ARMY OF THE CONFEDERACY,

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CHAPTER VII.

1. CHIEF JUSTICE TANEY AND THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS,

3. Consequence of the Suspension of the Writ,

4. INCIDENTS OF THE WAR,

5. THE WOMEN IN THE WAR,

CHAPTER VIII.

1. GENERAL BANKS IN COMMAND,

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8. ARREST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THE MAYOR,

AND OTHERS,

9. RELEASE OF PRISONERS,

10. COLONEL DIMICK,

CHAPTER IX.-A PERSONAL CHAPTER.

APPENDIX I.

ACCOUNT OF THE ALLEGED CONSPIRACY TO ASSASSINATE ABRAHAM LIN-

COLN ON HIS JOURNEY TO BALTIMORE, FROM THE "LIFE OF ABRA-

HAM LINCOLN," BY WARD H. LAMON, PP. 511-526,

APPENDIX II.

EXTRACT FROM THE OPINION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED

STATES, DELIVERED BY CHIEF JUSTICE TANEY, IN THE CASE of

DRED SCOTT VS. SANFORD (19 How. 407), .

APPENDIX III.

THE HABEAS CORPUS CASE.-OPINION OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE

UNITED STATES (Ex Parte JOHN MERRYMAN),

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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 19TH 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 RECEP-

TION OF THE PUTNAM PHALANX, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, IN

THE CITY OF BALTIMORE,

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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,"

INDEX,

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BALTIMORE AND THE NINETEENTH

OF APRIL, 1861.

A STUDY OF THE WAR.

CHAPTER I.

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

I have often been solicited by persons of widely opposite political opinions to write an account of the events which occurred in Baltimore on the 19th of April, 1861, about which much that is exaggerated and sensational has been circulated; but, for different reasons, I have delayed complying with the request until this time.

These events were not isolated facts, but were the natural result of causes which had roots deep in the past, and they were followed by serious and important consequences. The narrative, to be complete, must give some account of both cause and consequence, and to do this briefly and with a proper regard to historical proportion is no easy task.

Moreover, it is not pleasant to disturb the ashes of a great conflagration, which, although they have grown cold on the surface, cover embers still capable of emitting both smoke and heat; and especially is it not pleasant when the disturber