First casualty of Civil War – Baltimore: 1861

Nickolas Biddle, the first man wounded in the U.S Civil War, is shown in a photograph circa 1861-65 by W. R. Mortimer.

Biddle was servant with volunteers from Pottstown, Pennsylvania traveling through Baltimore April 18, 1865 with other Union troops headed to defend Washington, D.C. when someone threw a brick and struck Biddle in the head.

South Carolina seized Fort Sumter without casualties the week before, making Biddle the first person wounded.

The following day four Union soldiers and twelve civilians were killed when a mob of Southern sympathizers attacked federal troops in the city.

For more information and related images, see flic.kr/s/aHskrjJJgY

Photograph by W. R. Mortimer. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress. Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-126417 (b&w film copy neg.)

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Taken on: May 1, 1861

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