Riot

Baltimore riot of 1861

19 Apr 1861 · 39.29° N, 76.61° W

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When
19 Apr 1861
Kind
Riot
Coordinates
39.29° N, 76.61° W
Description
1861 civil riot against Union troops during the American Civil War

1861 Baltimore riot

Civil riot against Union troops early in the American Civil War

The Baltimore riot of 1861 was a civil conflict on Friday, April 19, 1861, on Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland. It occurred between antiwar "Copperhead" Democrats and other Confederate sympathizers on one side, and on the other, members of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania state militia regiments en route to the national capital at Washington who had been called up for federal service.

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