At that time, the General Assembly met biannually, but popular outcry was so strong that the governor felt it Thomas Holliday Hicks decided to call a special session of the General Assembly to discuss the crisis. Butler to Annapolis to secure the city on April 22. Of the state government, the Federal Government sent General Benjamin F. To ensure the safety of the troops and the loyalty To avoid further riots, it was decided to send troops through the Naval Academy at Annapolis. When the mob started shooting at the regiment, the soldiers returned fire, and when the smoke had cleared, four soldiers and twelve civilians had been killed. The situation came to a head on April 19, 1861, when the soldiers of the 6th Massachusetts Volunteers, moving through Baltimore on the way to Washington, would be surrounded by hostile states, effectively cut off from the rest of the Union. Reflecting thatĭivision and the feeling of many Marylanders that they just wanted to be left alone, the state government would not declare for either side.įor the Federal Government, however, there was no question about which side Maryland had to take. Although Maryland had always leaned toward the south culturally, sympathies in the state were as much pro-Union as they were pro-Confederate. In addition to being physically between the two sides, Maryland depended equally on the North and the South for its economy. In early 1861, Maryland was walking a tightrope between the Union and the Confederacy. Civil War and the Maryland General Assembly, Maryland State Archives
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