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Shriver, Edward G. (fl. 1861) to Thomas Holliday Hicks

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00451.03 Author/Creator: Shriver, Edward G. (fl. 1861) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: May 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : envelope ; 23.5 x 19 cm. Order a Copy

Co-signed by Grayson Eichelberger, Ulysses Hobbs, and William Maulsby, soldiers present for the 19 April 1861 Baltimore Riot. Shriver et al. claim that General Bradley Tyler Johnson, with Baltimore Marshal of Police George Proctor Kane and others, intended to resist the passage of Northern troops through Baltimore by means of burning the bridges leading into the city.

Shriver, Edward G., fl. 1861
Eichelberger, Grayson, fl. 1861-1862
Hobbs, Ulysses, fl. 1861
Maulsby, William, fl. 1849-1861
Johnson, Bradley Tyler, 1829-1903
Kane, George Proctor, 1817-1878

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