Description: 1861 CIVIL WAR newspaper with front page headline reports of the BALTIMORE RIOTS, in Maryland, which resulted in the first bloodshed by hostile action of the CIVIL WAR, when Maryland Confederate sympathizers attacked Union Troops being transported through the city. #1R-016 Please visit our ebay store for printed on the front page other FANTASTIC Americana, Antiquarian Books and Ephemera. SEE PHOTO-----COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the _Boston Semi-Weekly Advertiser_ (MA) dated April 27, 1861 with fantastic CIVIL WAR and BALTIMORE, MARYLAND history! A COMPELLING addition to any fine Civil War or Maryland collection. The Baltimore riot of 1861 (also called the "Pratt Street Riots" and the "Pratt Street Massacre") was a civil conflict on Friday, April 19, 1861, on Pratt Street, (beginning at the President Street Station and President Street and continuing ending on Howard Street at the Camden Street Station) in Baltimore, Maryland, between antiwar "Copperheads" Democrats (the largest party in Maryland), as well as Southern / Confederate sympathizers, and members of the primarily Massachusetts and some Pennsylvania state militia regiments en route to the national capital at Washington called up for Federal service. It produced the first deaths by hostile action in the American Civil War and is nicknamed the "First Bloodshed of the Civil War" Good condition, with moderate edge wear, light foxing and a few creses where the paper was folded. This listing includes the complete entire original newspaper. VINTAGE BOOKS AND FINE ART stands behind all of the items that we sell with a no questions asked, money back guarantee. Every item we sell is original printed on the date indicated at the beginning of its description, unless clearly stated as a reproduction in the header AND text body. U.S. buyers pay calculated priority postage which includes waterproof plastic and a heavy cardboard flat to protect your purchase from damage in the mail. International postage is quoted when we are informed as to where the package is to be sent. We do combine postage (to reduce postage costs) for multiple purchases sent in the same package. We accept payment by PAYPAL. We ship packages daily. This is truly a piece OF HISTORY that YOU CAN OWN!
Price: 45 USD
Location: Oxford, Maryland
End Time: 2023-11-01T16:09:21.000Z
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