Baltimore Mayor Geo. Wm. Brown: "All citizens having arms suitable for the defense of the city, and which they are willing to contribute for the purpose . . . the number amounted to more than fifteen thousand, about three-fourths armed with muskets, shotguns and pistols.”

Baltimore Mayor Geo. Wm. Brown, “Union men and disunion men appeared on the streets with arms in their hands. . . . All citizens having arms suitable for the defense of the city, and which they are willing to contribute for the purpose . . . the number amounted to more than fifteen thousand, about three-fourths armed with muskets, shotguns and pistols.”, April 19, 1861