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April 23

The Significance of the Baltimore Mutiny for the Siege of Washington

Hello again, everyone! The question is about the first phase of the American Civil War. Is there any secondary authoritative source that the Baltimore Mutiny, by destroying railroad bridges and tracks along with cutting telegraph lines, cut off Washington from the northern states and General Butler's suppression of the Baltimore Mutiny was primarily intended to lift the blockade of Washington? Thank you in advance. Vyacheslav84 (talk) 16:10, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

We don't seem to have an article called Baltimore mutiny. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:20, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

I find no information about a "Balitmore Mutiny". Are you referring to the Baltimore riot of 1861? -- Random person no 362478479 (talk) 18:18, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

Yes. --Vyacheslav84 (talk) 08:54, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

I am not familiar with the literature, but it looks like these might be books to look out for:

William J. Evitts (1974): A Matter of Allegiances: Maryland from 1850 to 1861 (The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science)

Jean H. Baker (1973): The Politics of Continuity: Maryland Political Parties from 1858 to 1870 (The Goucher College Series)

Barbara Jean Fields (1984): Slavery and Freedom on the Middle Ground: Maryland During the Nineteenth Century (Yale Historical Publications Series)

Charles W. Mitchell (2007): Maryland Voices of the Civil War

-- Random person no 362478479 (talk) 22:47, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

Thank you so much! --Vyacheslav84 (talk) 07:46, 25 April 2023 (UTC)