. Popular history of the civil war . er the Presidents call,that, as early as Monday night, several Pennsylvania compa-nies had already arrived. If you will look at your map, youwill see that only a few hours were necessary to reach Wash-ington, from that State. General Scott quartered soldiers in the East Room ofthe White House, where for many weeks they remained forthe safety and defence of the President. The Capitol andthe Treasury Building were barricaded, and cannon wereplaced inside. The gay city of Washington soon presenteda most warlike appearance. The very first full regiment to respo
. Popular history of the civil war . er the Presidents call,that, as early as Monday night, several Pennsylvania compa-nies had already arrived. If you will look at your map, youwill see that only a few hours were necessary to reach Wash-ington, from that State. General Scott quartered soldiers in the East Room ofthe White House, where for many weeks they remained forthe safety and defence of the President. The Capitol andthe Treasury Building were barricaded, and cannon wereplaced inside. The gay city of Washington soon presenteda most warlike appearance. The very first full regiment to respond to the call to arms,was the Massachusetts Sixth, one thousand strong. It ar-rived in Baltimore on Friday, at noon, at about the sametime with several companies of Pennsylvania volunteers. In iS6i. A Call for Help. 53 those days the cars were drawn from one station to anotherthrough the city by horses, instead of engines. The train bringing the Massachusetts Sixth was a longone, and several cars were allowed to pass unmolested. An. THROUGH BALTIMORE. angry crowd had quickly gathered, however; and it beganattacking the rear of the train, growing more savage eachmoment. Sand, stones, and bricks were used to pelt theunoffending soldiers. As the colonel and his staff were inthe first car, they did not know of the riot that was inprogress; and thus there was no one at hand to give orders. 54 Yo7ing Folks History of tJie Civil War. [1861. At last the men made up their minds that a march of twomiles would be better than waiting, for the track beforethem had been obstructed by rails and stones. Under thecommand of Captain Follansbee they formed, and pressedtheir way toward the Washington station, followed by a howl-ing mob. Before long the mayor came out to them, andwalked in front; but this was only a partial Marshal Kane, the chief of the police force ofBaltimore, arrived with a squad of policemen, who placedthemselves between the rioters and soldiers. This ser
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