Timeline of the Department of Annapolis |
April 19, 1861 |
Federal troops are fired upon in the streets of Baltimore
The Sixth Massachusetts Infantry lose 3 dead and 40 wounded when attacked by a mob while transferring between train stations in Baltmore. Additional troops are turned back as they arrive, the railroad bridges into town from the north are burnt, and the only railroad to Washington D.C. from the north is cut. |
April 21 |
Massachusetts Militia Brigadier General Benjamin F. Butler siezes the ferry Maryland at Havre de Grace and sails the Eighth Massachusetts Infantry to Annapolis. |
April 22 |
Butler secures Annapolis, providing an alternative route to Washington |
April 27 |
The Department of Annapolis is created under Brigadier General Butler. |
May 13 |
Butler secures Baltimore with a quick and bloodless occupation. General Scott is outraged that his slower and more elaborate plans were upstaged by a militia general, and orders Butler to be relieved and transferred to command of Fort Monroe. |
May 15 |
Major General George Cadwalader takes command of the department |
June 11 |
Major General Nathaniel P. Banks takes command of the department |
July 19 |
The department's name is changed to the "Department of Maryland." Major General John A. Dix takes command. |
July 25 , 1861 |
The Department of Maryland is merged into the Military District of the Potomac. Departmental troops are organized as Dix's Division. |
