Lexington's Grandsons: The Northern Response to the Pratt Street Riot
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Title
Lexington's Grandsons : The Northern Response to the Pratt Street Riot
Author
Young , Andrew John
Advisors
Rubin , Anne ;
Program
Historical Studies
UMBC Department
History
Document Type
thesis
Sponsors
University of Maryland , Baltimore County (UMBC)
Keywords
Baltimore ; Civil War ; Massachusetts ; memory ; militia ; riot
Date Issued
2012-01-01
Abstract
This thesis adds a new take to the extensive historiography on the Pratt Street Riot , an early Civil War event in which one of the first Northern regiments sent to defend the capital was attacked by a mob in Baltimore as it marched through the city on April 19 , 1861 . The focus is not on the Pratt Street Riot as it related to the people and events in Baltimore , but instead on how the riot affected Northern public opinion as it related both to Baltimore and the Massachusetts regiment that was attacked . The Sixth Massachusetts is at the center of this narrative , and its status in the public before , during , and after the riot is used to show how seminal events in history like the outbreak of Civil War can affect public memory of a random volunteer state militia regiment or any other institution . The controversy over how the Pratt Street Riot should be remembered in the days , years , and decades after April 19 , 1861 is also used to show how public memory is contested and can remain static or change dramatically over time . Newspaper articles , letters , and unit histories were used along with secondary sources to build the argument of this thesis .
Identifier
10640
Format
application:pdf
Language
en
Collection
UMBC Thesis and Dissertations .
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Source
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