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Baltimore: Made an Abode for Owls and Satyrs

Baltimore is to be 'bombarded,' 'shelled,' 'burned with fire,' 'laid in ashes,' 'laid low,' 'crushed,' 'destroyed,' 'annihilated,' 'wiped out,' 'blotted from the map,' 'razed,' 'levelled with the ground'....

 The South (Baltimore), May 23, 1861, p. 3. 

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Posted on 5/23/2011 in Baltimore, Arrests of Maryland Citizens, Union Troops in Maryland

Port Tobacco Editorial

Although, to some extent, in Maryland, the excitement consequent to the troubles of the nation, is declining, yet the troubles themselves are by no means over. We see no abatement of hostile purposes....

Port Tobacco Times and Charles County Advertiser,  May 16, 1861, p. 2.

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Posted on 5/16/2011 in Charles County

From Southern Maryland

Two gentlemen of this village who were in Washington City on Saturday last, on private business, were arrested as secessionists by the military....

 The Planters' Advocate (Upper Marlborough, MD), May 8, 1861, p. 3.

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Posted on 5/8/2011 in Arrests of Maryland Citizens, Prince Georges County

Governor's Message

The extraordinary condition of affairs in Maryland has induced me to exercise the constitutional perogative vested in the Governor to summon the legislature in extra session....

The Annapolis Gazette, May 2, 1861, p.2.
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Posted on 5/2/2011 in The Annapolis Gazette, Special Session of Maryland Legislature