States send Union regiments south. On April…

April 1861 CE

States send Union regiments south.

On April 19, mobs in Baltimore, which controls rail links, had attacked Union troops who are changing trains.

Local leaders' groups later burned critical rail bridges to the capital.

The Army had responded by arresting local Maryland officials.

On April 27, Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus in areas the army feels it needs to secure for troops to reach Washington

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