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GOING TO THE FRONT.

ARRIVAL OF THE SEVENTH NEW YORK AT ANNAPOLIS , APRIL 20, 1861, ON THE WAY TO WASHINGTON.

FROM A SKETCH MADE AT THE TIME.

the war he was prominent among those who at town-meeting voted to refundthe money to such as had expended it to procure substitutes. He has, moreover,been fierce and uncompromising toward the ex-Confederates since the war.

From the first I did not believe the trouble would blow over in “ sixtydays ”; J nor did I consider eleven dollars a month, and the promised glory,large pay for the services of an able-bodied young man.

It was the news that the 6th Massachusetts regiment had been mobbed byroughs on their passage through Baltimore which gave me the war fever. |

J Mr. Seward, speaking in New York two daysafter the secession of South Carolina , said : “ Sixtydays’ more suns will give you a much brighter andmore cheerful atmosphere.”

& The monthly pay of Union privates was:cavalry $12, artillery and infantry $11; fromAugust Gth, 1861, $13 for all arms, and fromMay 1st, 1864, $16. Confederate privates re-ceived : in the cavalry and light batteries $12; inthe artillery and infantry $11; increased June9th, 1864, to $19 and $18 per month for aperiod of one year from that date. —Editors.

| Concerning this encounter Colonel Edward F.Jones , of the 6th Massachusetts, says in his report:

“After leaving Philadelphia I received intimationthat our passage through the city of Baltimore wouldbe resisted. I caused ammunition to be distributedand arms loaded, and went personally through thecars, and issued the following order, viz., ‘The regi-ment will march through Baltimore in column of sec-tions, arms at will. You will undoubtedly be insulted,abused, and perhaps assaulted, to which you must payno attention whatever, but march with your facessquare to the front and pay no attention to the mob,even if they throw stones, bricks, or other missiles;but if you are fired upon and any one of you is hit, yourofficers will order you to fire. Do not fire into any pro-miscuous crowds, but select any man whom you maysee aiming at you, and be sure you drop him.’ Reach-ing Baltimore , horses were attached the instant thatthe locomotive was detached, and the cars were drivenat a rapid pace across the city. After the cars con-taining seven companies had reached the Washingtondepot the track behind them was barricaded, and thecars containing . . . the following companies, viz.,Company C, of Lowell, Captain Follansbee; Company

D, of Lowell, Captain Hart; Company I, of Lawrence,Captain Pickering, and Company L, of Stoneham, Cap-tain Dike, were vacated, and they proceeded but a shortdistance before they were furiously attacked by ashowerof missiles, which came faster as they advanced. Theyincreased their steps to double-quick, which seemed toinfuriate the mob, as it evidently impressed the mobwith the idea that the soldiers dared not fire or had noammunition, and pistol-shots were numerously firedinto the ranks, and one soldier fell dead. The order‘ Fire ’ was given, and it was executed. In conse-quence, several of the mob fell, and the soldiers againadvanced hastily. The mayor of Baltimore placed him-self at the head of the column beside Captain Follans-bee, and proceeded with them a short distance.” . . .

The Hon. George William Brown , then mayor ofBaltimore, in his volume entitled “ Baltimore andthe 19th of April, 1861,” thus describes the marchof the soldiers after he joined the column:

“ They were firing wildly, sometimes backward, overtheir shoulders. So rapid was the march that theycould not stop to take aim. The mob, which was notvery large, as it seemed to me, was pursuing withshouts and stones, and, I think, an occasional pistol-shot. The uproar was furious. I ran at once to thehead of the column, some persons in the crowd shout-ing, ‘ Here comes the mayor.’ I shook hands with theofficer in command, Captain Follansbee, saying, as I didso, ‘I am the mayor of Baltimore .’ The captain greetedme cordially. I at once objected to the double-quick,■which was immediately stopped. I placed myself by hisside, and inarched with him. He said, ‘We have beenattacked without provocation,’ or words to that effect. Ireplied, ‘ You must defend yourselves.’ I expected thathe would face his men to the rear, and, after givingwarning, would fire if necessary. But I said no more,for I immediately felt that, as mayor of the city, it was