Letters related to the 19 April 1861 Baltimore Riot [Decimalized .01-.08]

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GLC#
GLC00451
Type
Header Record
Date
1861-1864
Title
Letters related to the 19 April 1861 Baltimore Riot [Decimalized .01-.08]
Place Written
Maryland
Pagination
8 items
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War
Brown, George William, 1812-1890
Egerton, Charles Calvert, 1816-1893
Hicks, Thomas Holliday, 1798-1865
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Civil War
Military History
Union Forces
Confederate States of America
Mobs and Riots
Baltimore Riot
Secession

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Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Thomas Holliday Hicks

May 11, 1861

Thomas, John Lewis, Jr., 1835-1893

Thomas, Baltimore city solicitor, relates events that took place during the April 19, 1861 Baltimore Riot to Maryland Governor Hicks. States that General Charles Calvert Egerton falsely informed a mob that Hicks had issued orders that Union troops...

GLC00451.01
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Thomas Holliday Hicks

May 16, 1861

Mercer, R.S., fl. 1861

Mercer, Governor Hick's aid-de-camp during the April 19, 1861 Baltimore Riot, states that during the riot Hicks refused to interfere with the passage of Northern troops through the city despite the urging of his political colleagues. Written at the...

GLC00451.02
GLC00451.03
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Thomas Holliday Hicks

May 1861

Shriver, Edward G., fl. 1861

Co-signed by Grayson Eichelberger, Ulysses Hobbs, and William Maulsby, soldiers present for the April 19, 1861 Baltimore Riot. Shriver et al. claim that General Bradley Tyler Johnson, with Baltimore Marshal of Police George Proctor Kane and others...

GLC00451.03
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Thomas Holliday Hicks

circa 1861

Mercer, R.S., fl. 1861

Mercer, Maryland Governor Hicks' aid-de-camp during the April 19, 1861 Baltimore Riot, transmits a statement (not included) describing events of the Riot. Claims that he heard Hicks order General Charles Calvert Egerton to drive back the mob of...

GLC00451.04
Collection Item
Manuscript

[Statement from an unknown witness regarding the 19 April 1861 Baltimore Riot]

circa 1861

Attests that police Marshal George Proctor Kane ordered men to protect the Union troops passing through the city. Claims that in the confusion, Union soldiers fired indiscriminately into the mob, which included Mayor George W. Brown. Recalls...

GLC00451.05
GLC00451.06
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Thomas Holliday Hicks

May 30, 1861

Johannes, J.G., fl. 1861-1864

Based on the request of Maryland Governor Hicks, Colonel John G. Johannes recalls events of the Baltimore Riot. States that 19 April 19, 1861, after spotting a signal light from the Armory of the Maryland Guard, he consulted his Commander, who had...

GLC00451.06
GLC00451.07
Collection Item
Letter signed

to Thomas Holliday Hicks

December 1861

Vickers, George, 1801-1879

Also signed by Jesse K. Hines, William T. Smyth, S. [R.?] Spencer, and Edward Wilkins. A committee transmits an inscribed silver pitcher, waiter, and goblets to Thomas Holliday Hicks at the end of his term as Maryland Governor. According to the...

GLC00451.07
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Thomas Holliday Hicks

August 23, 1864

Corkran, F. S., fl. 1864

He takes it for granted that the new state constitution will be ratified and a new governor will be elected, but doubts that the new governor will be as good as Hicks was. In Annapolis last winter he spoke with Judge Bowie of Montgomery County, one...

GLC00451.08