The aftermath of the April 1861 Baltimore Riots?

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The aftermath of the April 1861 Baltimore Riots?

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1TLCrawford
Ago 7, 2012, 2:35 pm

I just finished reading The Siege of Washington: The Untold Story of the Twelve Days That Shook the Union and I have one big question. At one point Lockwood mentions an inquest into the actions of officials in Baltimore regarding the riots that blocked reinforcements from reaching the capital. Unfortunately Lockwood does not say anything more about this and I am interested in learning what happened.

Any suggestions on books or other resources?

2eromsted
Ago 7, 2012, 5:18 pm

You might try Charles B. Clark, "Baltimore and the Attack on the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment, April 1861" Maryland Historical Magazine 51:1 (1961): 39-71. It's available online at The Maryland Historical Society but the scan is so poor it is almost illegible. You'd be better off finding it in a library. The same author's Politics in Maryland during the Civil War might also have something.

A quick scan of the results from search LoC's American Memory collection for "Baltimore 1861" indicates they may have some interesting items.

No relevant footnote in the Lookwoods' book?

3TLCrawford
Ago 7, 2012, 9:27 pm

Thank you, I will check those out.

I read it on a Kindle and I confess that I don't have the patience to find the one mention of it and then locate the end note. I need to eather learn how to use the thing properly or stick to real books.

4JimThomson
Ago 31, 2012, 6:54 pm

In a history of Baltimore County, I read that a Union regiment stopped advancing toward Baltimore from the north on the Northern Central Railway, at York Road in Cockeysville, Md., during the riots, mostly because the railway bridge over the Jones Falls creek further south had been destroyed to prevent their passage. They were within one days march of Baltimore but the Governor asked them to not approach the city so as to avoid bringing about a full scale insurrection. They eventually returned north and went to Annapolis by steamboat to bypass Baltimore. Later the city was invested by stealth before the mobs could react.