"The Lexington of 1861" Baltimore Shirt 26th sc flag Researchers today can find few

Researchers today can find few reminders of the Blackburn Guards

Southern Rights Flag (Bleeding Kansas)

Even these few examples of a unique population and geographic location could not be recorded in full with this work alone

Accustomed to seeing the Yankees run in the face of his aggressive troops

"The Lexington of 1861" Baltimore Shirt 26th sc flag Researchers today can find fewBackground Following the secession of the southern States and the bombardment of Fort Sumter, President Abraham Lincoln called for 75,000 men to be raised from the militia of the states in order to put down the rebellion. These troops were to be transported to Washington, D. C. so that they might protect the Capitol. At this time, the most efficient means to transport such large numbers of men was by rail, and the only routes to Washington passed