CHAPTER VI.

1. SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 79

2. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF POLICE, 80

3. SUPPRESSION OF THE FLAGS, 82

4. ON THE 5th OF MAY GENERAL BUTLER TAKES POSITION SIX MILES FROM BALTIMORE, 83

5. ON THE 13th OF MAY HE ENTERS BALTIMORE AND FORTIFIES FEDERAL HILL, 84

6. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WILL TAKE NO STEPS TOWARD SECESSION, 85

7. MANY YOUNG MEN JOIN THE ARMY OF THE CONFEDERACY, 85