Posted on 11/20/2014 5:40:13 PM PST by Nachum
Mayor Brown, U.S. Congressman Henry May, the city council, the police commissioner, and the entire Board of Police, were arrested and imprisoned at Fort McHenry.
oh! and THEN as if that were not enough!
quote One third of the members of the Maryland General Assembly were then arrested on September 17, 1861, the first day of the legislatures new session, to prevent any anti-war votes
you see that? “to prevent any anti-war votes” !! ahhh Lincoln, what a GREAT GUY!!! *puke*
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_in_the_American_Civil_War
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