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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00267.282 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | Proceedings in the Legislature of Massachusetts, upon the Act of the State of Maryland appropriating seven thousand dollars for the families of those belonging to the sixth regiment of Massachusetts volunteers, who were killed or disabled by wounds received in the riot at Baltimore April 19th, 1861. |
| Date | 1862 |
| Author | Massachusetts. General Court (1862) |
| Additional authors | Andrew, John A. (John Albion) (1818-1867) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | Published by Wright and Potter. Includes Massachusetts Mayor John Albion Andrew's statement requesting the Maryland General Assembly to inform the Massachusetts General Court of action taken regarding relief of Massachusetts soldiers slain or disabled in the Baltimore Riot. Contains acts passed in Maryland and Massachusetts for relief of these soldiers and their families. |
| Subjects | Baltimore Riot Mobs and Riots Recruitment Secession Civil War Military History Union Forces Confederate States of America Charity and Philanthropy Children and Family Death Injury or Wound Soldier's Pay Finance |
| People | Massachusetts. General Court (1862) Andrew, John Albion (1818-1867) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family; Health & Medicine; Banking & Economics |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | The 19 April 1861 Baltimore Riot took place when secessionists attacked Union soldiers passing through the city on the way to Washington, D.C., in response to President Abraham Lincoln's call for troops. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Unit | 6th Massachusetts Volunteers |