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12 (civilians) killed, unknown hundreds wounded. The Baltimore riot of 1861 (also called the "Pratt Street Riots" and the "Pratt Street Massacre") was a civil conflict on Friday, April 19, 1861, on Pratt Street, in Baltimore, Maryland. It occurred between antiwar "Copperhead" Democrats (the largest party in Maryland) and other Southern ...
Baltimore riots can refer to several incidents of civil unrest in Baltimore, Maryland's history. It generally refers to the Baltimore Riot of 1861 (also known as the "Pratt Street Riots"), where a mob of Confederate Southern sympathizers attacked newly raised Union state militia troops transiting through the town on April 18–19, 1861 in some ...
The Baltimore Riot of April 1861 Governor Thomas Hicks The first bloodshed of the Civil War occurred in Maryland. Anxious about the risk of secessionists capturing Washington, D.C. , given that the capital was bordered by Virginia, and preparing for war with the South, the federal government requested armed volunteers to suppress "unlawful ...
The Baltimore Plot were alleged conspiracies in February 1861 to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a whistle-stop tour en route to his inauguration. Allan Pinkerton, founder of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, played a key role by managing Lincoln's security throughout the journey. Though scholars debate whether or not ...
George Proctor Kane (August 4, 1817 – June 23, 1878) [1] was an American politician and policeman. He is best known for his role as Marshal of Police during the Baltimore riot of 1861 [2] and his subsequent imprisonment at Fort McHenry and Fort Warren without the benefit of habeas corpus. His position as Marshal of Police and his southern ...
Baltimore Riot of 1861 After the bloodshed in Baltimore , involving Massachusetts troops which were fired on while marching between railroad stations, on April 19, 1861, Baltimore Mayor George William Brown , Marshal George P. Kane , and former Governor Enoch Louis Lowe requested that Hicks burn the railroad bridges leading to Baltimore, in ...
The Baltimore riot of 1861. The Civil War divided Baltimore and Maryland's residents. Much of the social and political elite favored the Confederacy—and indeed owned house slaves. In the 1860 election the city's large German element voted not for Lincoln but for Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge. They were less concerned with the ...
By 1861, the remnants of the Know-Nothing movement had split over secession and federal forces took control of Baltimore.<ref> Frank Towers, "Violence as a tool of party dominance: election riots and the Baltimore know-nothings, 1854-1860." Maryland Historical Magazine 93 (1998): 5-37. See also. 1856 United States presidential election