Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888 Massachusetts Militia Passing Through Baltimore

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GLC#
GLC08878.0151-View header record
Type
Images
Date
1861-1877
Author/Creator
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888
Title
Massachusetts Militia Passing Through Baltimore
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 print : b&w Height: 23 cm, Width: 15.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

One engraving entitled "Massachusetts Militia Passing Through Baltimore" circa 1861-1877. Depicts the Baltimore riot of April 19, 1861. Massachusetts militia passing through Baltimore are attacked by a seccessionist mob. In the center of the painting Union forces defend themselves against violent seccesionist weilding pickaxes and rifles.On the left a woman in white uses her body to shield a wounded woman lying in the street. In the background smoke and flying debris fill the street. Engraved by F.F. Walker after a painting by Felix Octavius Carr Darley.

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