Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-10
A DANGEROUS DAY.
Reception OF the ola sixth Msssaeh..
setts I'm Baltimore Daring
the Civil War.


Thomas ii. Harrington was private
In company Of the old Sixth Masss.
chusetts. He was speaking the other
day OF the reception OF bricks and
stones that was given his regiment in
Baltimore in '61, and of the reception
or flowers and cheers that was given
their successors in the same city dur.
ing the Spanish war.
Eyes" he said, "o-,r reception was Ger.
tainly not of the kind to make a man
fall In love with Baltimore.
"The experience that we went
through there is one that none OF the
men can ever forget 1t is bad enough
to face an enemy in battle, but to face
bowling mob of demented hoodlums is
even worse.
I'VE went to Baltimore by way of
old Havre de Gras ferry. I was outside
OF the car on the front platform on
guard, and the colonel had a seat lust
back OF the door.
II was standing there waiting for the
men to get orders TO move, when a man
in citizens clothes came rushing up to
me in great agitation.
L want to see the colonel he cried.
I must see him Immediately
Il stopped him from rushing into the
car and asked him who he was.
am the mayor of Baltimore he
answered, and there is a mob in the
city waiting for you. I must see the
colonel or there is apt to be blood
she'd
II went in and spoke to the colonel
about it, and by his orders admitted the
mayor We had intended marching
through the city to the old President
street depot, but we finally concluded
TO have our cars drawn through by
horses, so that the mob would not be
incensed at the sight of marching enc
mics.
-Four cars with four horses on each
got through to the depot with company
A, from Lowell; company B, from Graf
tan; company +, from Lawrence, and
company L, from Stoneham.
I'VE stayed in the car, waiting for or
ders to move, and four of us in a group
our first lieutenant, Bob Harrick.
johnson and myself-were watching
the sea of faces that surged about us in
the mob, when 1 suddenly caught sight
of the tall figure OF Bob Clark over In
the depot.
why said I, there's Bob Clark.
What's he doing there?'
Il turned around to see If he really
was missing, and to my surprise found
that with the exception of us four men
the car was empty. The company had
marched out without us.
1--WE looked at that turbulent mob.
and, though it seemed almost certain
death TO attempt to force our way
through them, we fixed our bayonets
and started out. Harrick and / were
each struck with bricks-I on the right
temple and Harricl1 on the left. It
stunned me for awhile, but soon re-
covered and assisted in carrying Har-
rick's insensible form to the depot.
by this time the mob saw that II
the cars were allowed TO be pulled
through all of the Yankees would es-
cape their vengeance, and with one ac-
cord they made a rush toward the fer
~, and, seizing all the anchors, pieces of
iron and logs of wood that they could
lay their hands on, they blockaded the
track SO that the cars could not pass.
Capt. Follansbee, of company C,who,
as senior captain, had been left in
charge of the remaining company, de-
cided that, even at the risk of blood
shed, he would march his men through
to join the four companies who were in
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