Baltimore May 13, 1861

[Bruce Vail]

This photo from the Maryland Historical Society is actually undated, but it shows U.S. Army troops on Baltimore's Federal Hill with their guns aimed at City Hall and downtown streets.

May 13, 1861 was the day that Gen. Benjamin Butler seized the city, effectively ending the pro-secession movement in Baltimore and securing the vital Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road line that connected Washington, D.C. to the rest of the North.

 

[Bruce Vail]

Same photo, better detail. Credit: MDHS

 

[Bruce Vail]

Here is another one taken from Federal Hill from MDHS. This is dated 1862-65

 

[dlavin]

Good stuff, I used to live not too far from there.

 

[Bruce Vail]

This photo also said to be taken on Federal Hill....I don't have any other i.d.

 

[wwwmarge]

This photo also said to be taken on Federal Hill....I don't have any other i.d.

 

[wwwmarge]

Bruce, Thanks so much for posting the photographs. They really give me a better look at what Luther may have seen at that time.

 

[Yankeedave]

This photo also said to be taken on Federal Hill....I don't have any other i.d.

A Baltimore magazine says "troops on Federal Hill."

 

[Yankeedave]

Modern: