On this day in 1861, in the second month of the Civil War, Union troops arrested John Merryman, a Maryland state legislator. He was indicted for treason and confined at Baltimore’s Fort McHenry, charged with seeking to hinder U.S. troop movements from Baltimore to Washington, which was threatened by Confederate forces.
On this day in 1861, in the second month of the Civil War, Union troops arrested John Merryman, a Maryland state legislator. He was indicted for treason and confined at Baltimore’s Fort McHenry , charged with seeking to hinder U.S. troop movements from Baltimore to Washington, which was threatened by Confederate forces.
Answer: The United States and the French Revolution, 1789–1799. These two powers joined Austria and other European nations in the war against and remained politically active.
