Soldiers of the 6th Massachusetts Regiment clash with Confederate sympathizers in Baltimore, Maryland as their train switches tracks. As the soldiers passed through Baltimore, a mob began throwing stones, bricks, and other objects, compelling the soldiers to open fire. Four soldiers and 12 civilians were killed in the first "bloodshed" of the Civil War.
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