He has dissolved Representative Houses … for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
—- unanimous Declaration (of Independence), Paragraph 3, Clause 6
Major General George B. McClellan, General-in-Chief of the Army of the united States, orders the arrest of secessionist members of the Maryland legislature.
[added 3/25/2022]
Subsequent Events:
References:
Abraham Lincoln and Maryland – Abraham Lincoln’s Classroom.mht
www.abrahamlincolnsclassroom.org/Library/newsletter.asp?ID=108&CRLI=156
Current U.s. National Debt:
