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Baltimore Civil War Museum

Baltimore Civil War Museum

Located near the President Street Station, it is the site of the first bloodshed of the Civil War when southern sympathizers clashed with Massachusetts volunteers transiting to Washington. The station, built-in 1849 and the oldest surviving railroad station in an urban setting, along with the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad were key parts of the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes used by slaves to escape to freedom in the northern states and Canada.
Interesting Facts About the Baltimore Civil War Museum

  • The President Street Station in Baltimore, is an old train station and rail terminal. Built in 1849 and started operations in February 1850, the station witnessed some of the earliest bloodshed of the Civil War, and was an important rail connection during the war.

  • Although no longer servicing as a rail terminal, the building is the oldest surviving big-city railroad terminal in the United States.

  • On February 23, 1861 then President-elect Abraham Lincoln, transferred from the President Street Station to Camden Station in order to thwart the Baltimore Plot assassination attempt. 

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