1862 "Massachusetts Militia Passing Through Baltimore" — Framed print

Name: 1862 "Massachusetts Militia Passing Through Baltimore" — Framed print
Brand: Steinberg Estate
SKU: RARE-FINDS-MA-MILITIA-BALTIMORE
Price: 295.00 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Updated on July 24: This has been sold.

Created by prolific artist, F.O.C. Darley and published in New York by Virtue & Co. Publishers in 1862.

This print captures the violent confrontation in Baltimore when Massachusetts militia troops were attacked by local Confederate sympathizers and antiwar Democrats, known as "Copperheads," marking the first bloodshed of the conflict. The scene depicts the Massachusetts militia's perilous passage through Baltimore, where local tensions erupted into violent resistance against Northern troops en route to Washington, D.C., symbolizing the deep divisions and imminent civil strife that would characterize the coming war between Massachusetts and Pennsylvania state militia regiments and Southern Confederate supporters.

Size: 13" x 11"

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