Evening journal., 1898-05-24
1S61-1S9S.

loOl 1890.
James b. Scott, of No $50 Madison
street, was a witness of the attack on
the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment at
I Baltimore on Friday, April 10, 1861
To the Wayfarer ne thus described the
event and the outcome Of 1t:
3, The morning Of the 18th broke raw
= and cold with a driving mist from the
N southeast Through the naTrows OF Fort
II McHenry enyelOping the city as with
a paG. The star spangled banner
that gave it's Inspiration to Framcls
4, Scout Key hung limp and seemlngiy
! hfeiess from the tall Flagstaff of uhe
i Old fort Yet, still it was there, Through
the mist dimly seem This was day
destined to 60 down through the years
wiah lhistcric interest. 1t was to become
The Lexington Of the rebellion. A.
Charles Otis was here in the perssn of
William L. Yancy, whose fiery e!o-
queuce in defence of the South had 50
wrought upon and influenced mems
minds that The swaying Of straw was
al but sufficient to cause Maryland 10
follow THE erring sisters of the South
and secede from the Union. Night al
ter nisrit was the open in front OF Bar
mum Hotel on Calvert street, filled
with an excited p0pulace listening to
tlhe imaginary wrongs Of the South by
silver-tougued orators.
mo wonder the fires of riOt fell like
a thunderbOlt upon uhe devoted soldiers
Of the Sixth Massachusetts, 'tegimenN
tho moment the train rolled lnQo uhe
= depot. The WORST element of me city
was on hand in force 10 strlkea D4OW
at the Union, the. Constitution and Une
enforcement of The laws. This eie-
whose previous shameless deeds had
cast a blot upon the fair name of the
monumental city. In electing the City
officers they were allowed and took the
free dom Of the city. In HugO's Les
Miserables The streets were always con-
Veniently torn up al the spots intend
cd to form barricades. SO IL hap
pened ON the 18th, for long distance
1he cObble-stOned streets were torn
up and gave the mob treir first wea-
pons of attack, and riglhr wel1 they
were used with ueaGly effect as The
troops in sections passed along Pratt
street from the President street depot
to the Camden station, at least three
miles apart From one end of this
distance to the other a hoWlinH frcn-
zied mob OF psOple, now Of a.l casses
merchants and their clerks, iewy rs
observation-disclosures each side of the
narrow street. disputing inoh by inch
uhe passage of the troops Through tine
-city The mere act of passing had set
a3aze the fires OF treason. The train
came in from Fhilade.phia about "a.
m. in two sections. In the first was
tlhe Sixth Massachusetts, and the sec
ond Vyas filled with Colonel SMALL s
Philadelphia regiment. This regiment
being ununiformed, scattered upon be-
Ding disembarked and was not attack
I ed In those days the transfer Of cans
from the p. w. e B. railroad to the
washington branch at Camden street
was made by horses hauling each car
intended for the latter city along Pratt
I'd street to Calvert and down Calvert tC
the depot. This gave tine mob de-
cided advantage at the start. The
handy cobble stones were hurled at thg
car windows, and very soon the then
palatial train cars were going out Pratt
street without a vestige of window
lights or frames. Three cars went
Through in this manner, then the tracks
at Jones Flals, three squares above
the depot were blockaded, and nk
more cars were allowed to pass This
left six cars at the President street de
pot filled with the troops awaiting Il
be transferred.
"Just then a man in the crowd un.
buttoned his coat and unwrapped {
Confederate flag from around his body
and. fastening it to an umbrella, wavel
it alOft as the troops commenced dis
embarltng. 1 approached am Office
of one Of the companies and asked hin
If DIE. realized the gravity Of The situ
alton, and told him that their passag'
d r.1n4otlr .40,o afax~ v1roIs fhtnTi hniUw dis
puted. No. he said, while he be
lfeved the people were excited h
laugIhingly added: On, we are too good
looking a set of fellows not to be abb
to pass through Presently the Orde
came to fail in, and at a 'shoulde
arms the companies moved of at
considerable distance apart, anOthe
advantage for the mob for they i'm
mediately surrounded the isClated com
panies and pe.ted them on all sides
Very soon firing began The the
mayor Of The city, Brown. placed him
self at the head CT the first compan
and marched along with his ham
raised a.Oft in protest.
'sThe first man killed was a WOO
sawyer at work on Frederick stree
above Pratt. THE next was a soldie
i'm the hanks. He fell as a riCter. rusf
ing up, caught his musket and wreucl
ing it away. drew back and braine
him with it, Then at one time th
troops held back The people at tl
point Of the bayonet At no time wa
the order given to fire. If There ma
been the execution would have bee
terrible. for now the enraged either
surged around The troops on every sid
Then would come a pause. An office
feeling Thirsty, made his way to
fruit stand bought an orange, wei
back to the ranks and CALMLY eat
NTavor Brown came in for a shaTe
abuse. and rioter, taking a shy at N
silk hat. sent 10 flying from his head
''Above Light street the Thorough
fare was impossible The whole cid
seemed to be wedged I'm the narr0
street Then came an order that. nh
s magic opened passage: Attention
Garry arms. Ground arms Lead ann
and then after tlrat, when the forw1