Abraham Lincoln and Treason in the Civil War: The Trials of John Merryman

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The Baltimore Riot of April 19, 1861. (Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress) Baltimore Mayor George William Brown. (Baltimore: Past and Present with Biographical Sketches of the Representative Men. Baltimore: Richardson & Bennett, 1871) Baltimore Police Marshal George P. Kane. (Biographical Cyclopedia of Representative Men of Maryland and [the] District of Columbia. Baltimore: National Biographical Publishing, 1879) Maryland Governor Thomas H. Hicks. (Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress) General George Cadwalader. (Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress) John Merryman. (Courtesy of Frances Love Merryman) Two Unidentified Members of the Baltimore County Horse Guards. (Courtesy of the Baltimore County Public Library) John Merryman’s Letterhead, featuring Hayfields. (Historic American Buildings Survey, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress) Fort McHenry. (Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress) The Arrest of Baltimore Police Marshal George P. Kane. (Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress) Cannons Aimed at Baltimore from Federal Hill. (Courtesy of the Baltimore County Public Library) Secretary of War Simon Cameron. (Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress) Senator Reverdy Johnson. (Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress) ...