CHAPTER V.

1. APRIL 20th--INCREASING EXCITEMENT, 60

2. APPROPRIATION OF $500,000 FOR DEFENSE OF THE CITY, 60

3. CORRESPONDENCE WITH PRESIDENT AND GOVERNOR, 61

4. MEN ENROLLED, 63

5. APPREHENDED ATTACK ON FORT McHENRY, 66

6. MARSHAL KANE, 69

7. INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT, CABINET, AND GENERAL SCOTT, 71

8. GENERAL BUTLER, WITH THE EIGHTH MASSACHUSETTS, PROCEEDS TO ANNAPOLIS AND WASHINGTON, 76

9. BALTIMORE IN A STATE OF ARMED NEUTRALITY, 77