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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 5: Baltimore and Fortress Monroe. (search)
ch made on day of occupation. As I looked back from my horse, while the column slowly wound up the hill, the effect of the rolling thunder and playing lightning that made for an instant the point of every bayonet a glittering torch, was gloriously magnificent. The whole scene affords an excellent opportunity for verifying the descriptions of the newspaper reports published at the time of my entrance into the city. I quote the following from the Baltimore Clipper of the next morning, May 14, 1861:-- On the road to the hill the streets were crowded with people who greeted the military with cheers at every step, the ladies at the windows and doors joining in the applause by waving their handkerchiefs. Statements so diametrically opposed, perhaps, should be verified on the one side or the other. The next morning after our arrival, I received, on Federal Hill, the following note from the mayor of the city:-- I have just been informed that you have arrived at the Camden S