. History of the American Civil War . CCS brOUght thrOUgh tary of state to him. Maryland were intended solely for the de-fense of the capital; that the national highway had beenselected, after consultation with prominent magistrates 76 THE TROOPS EEACH ANNAPOLIS, [Sect. VII. and citizens of ]\Iaryland, as the one wliich, wliile a routeis absolutely necessary, is farthest removed from the pop-ulous cities of the state, and with the exj^ectation that itwould thei-efore be the least objectionable. With re-sj)ect to the suggestion of foreign mediation, he- addedthat no domestic contention whatever
. History of the American Civil War . CCS brOUght thrOUgh tary of state to him. Maryland were intended solely for the de-fense of the capital; that the national highway had beenselected, after consultation with prominent magistrates 76 THE TROOPS EEACH ANNAPOLIS, [Sect. VII. and citizens of ]\Iaryland, as the one wliich, wliile a routeis absolutely necessary, is farthest removed from the pop-ulous cities of the state, and with the exj^ectation that itwould thei-efore be the least objectionable. With re-sj)ect to the suggestion of foreign mediation, he- addedthat no domestic contention whatever that might ariseamong the parties of this republic ought in any case tobe referred to any foreign arbitrament, and least of all tothe arbitrament of a Euro23ean monarchy. • General Butler, on arriving at the Susquehanna (Aj^rilThe Massachusetts 20th) with his dctachmcut of MassachusettsS^tow^swnj troops, found the bridges l)urned. Deter-mined to make his way to Washington, heseized a r team-boat at the ferry of Havre de Grace, and. THE KORTHERX KAILROAUo TO WASHI^GTOX. President. carried his f(>rcc>5 to An-na})olis. The governorauain protected againstthis landino; of North-ern troops on the soil ofMaryland. They arenot Northern troops, re-plied Butler; they area part of the whole mili-tia of the United States,obeying the call of the Chap. XXXVII.] AND EELIEVE WASHINGTON. ^^ The Massachusetts troops resumed tlieir marcli fromAnnapolis on the 24th, repairing the bridges and layingrails as they went. At Annapolis Junction they reacheda train of cars from Washington, and, with the New YorkSeventh Regiment in advance, arrived in that city on the25th. From the day of the attack on the Massachusettstroops in Baltimore, Washington had been cut off fromThe public build- tlie North. The Treasury building and thetafoccupied by Capltol had bccu barricaded, and howitzerstroops. p^^^ -^^ their passages; subsequently the basement of the Capitol was turned into a bake-house,and the ch
Size: 1659px × 1505px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecad, booksubjectslavery, booksubjectslaves
