Coronavirus Ends Maryland's General Assembly Early, First Time Since the Civil War-- Part 1

From the March 18, 2020, Baltimore Sun "Coronavirus ended this year's General Assembly early.  The last time this happened  we were fighting the Civil War"  by Frederick N. Rasmussen.

The last time this happened, it wasn't a pandemic, but the opening stages of the Civil War.

This past Wednesday, the Maryland General Assembly adjourned early  as a precaution to stop the spread of you-know-what.

In early morning April 12, 1861, Confederates opened fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, starting the you-know-what.  A week later, troops of the 6th Massachusetts were marching through Baltimore on their way to guard Washington, D.C., when they were attacked by a pro-Southern mob in what became known as the Pratt Street Riots.

By the tine it ended, six civilians, a bystander and three soldiers were dead.  Twenty-four soldiers were wounded as were an unknown number of civilians.  This is considered where the war's first blood was shed since no one was killed at the Battle of Fort Sumter.

--Old secesh