The President Street Station in Baltimore, Maryland, is a former train station and railroad terminal. Built in 1849 and opened in February 1850, the station saw some of the earliest bloodshed of the A
An 1856 illustration of President Street Station in Baltimore
President Street Station and its eastern yards and shops of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad twenty years after construction, in 1869
President Street Station during the Great Depression in 1936
In the 1970s, President Street Station was used as a trucking terminal; on the left, behind the head house, is the train shed that was added in 1913 to replace the original 1850 shed.
The 6th Massachusetts Militia Regiment was a peacetime infantry regiment that was activated for federal service in the Union army for three separate terms during the American Civil War. The regiment g
President Street Station
…and four soldiers killed and many people wounded in the ensuing melee. On Friday, April 19, 1861, Baltimore Southern sympathizers attacked the passing 6th Massachusetts infantry regiment of the state militia and the "Washington Brigade" of Philadelphia from the Pennsylvania state militia. Both units were heading to…
During the Baltimore Riot, the 6th Massachusetts became the first Union unit to take casualties in action on April 19, 1861.
The 6th Massachusetts en route to Washington, April 18, 1861
Mob attacks companies of the 6th Massachusetts Militia on Pratt Street during the Baltimore Riot.
Private Ladd of the 6th Massachusetts was the first Union soldier killed in action during the Civil War.