The Sixth Regiment Firing Upon the Mob

This August 4, 1877 image from Leslie's Illustrated depicts soldiers from the Sixth National Guard Regiment firing into the crowd, which includes women in the foreground and features the crowd hurling bricks, waving clubs, and shooting at the soldiers with a revolver.

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MARYLAND.—THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD STRIKE—THE SIXTH REGIMENT, N.G.S.M., FIRING UPON THE MOB, ON THE CORNER OF FREDERICK AND BALTIMORE STREETS, JULY 20TH.—SEE PAGE 371.

About this Document

  • Source: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
  • Citation: The Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Date: August 4, 1877