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May 1861: American Civil War Grand Theater | Maryland, Western Virginia, Washington, Fort Monroe

Join this channel to get access to weekly posts:    / @jeffreythelibrarian   May 1861. It's one month after the rebel capture of Fort Sumter. The secession crisis continues. Arkansas joins the Confederate fold, followed by North Carolina. However, Benjamin Butler secures the Baltimore area for the Union, and the rail and telegraph lines, which had been sabotaged by rebels, are restored. Union soldiers rail into Washington. The capital city is secure. Out west, Prentiss has a large Union force at Cairo, Illinois. Kentucky declares its neutrality. Rebel forces congregate at Memphis, Tennessee. Tennessee's legislature votes for secession, but it must go back to a popular vote. The United States Navy has blockaded Norfolk, Charleston, Mobile, and New Orleans. The United States secures Alexandria and Arlington Virginia, which are across the Potomac River from Washington City. The Lee family mansion becomes a US Army headquarters. In Alexandria, a Union Soldier, Elmer Ellsworth, is killed trying to remove a Confederate flag from a building. His death is mourned in the North. Irvin McDowell now heads the eastern Virginia theater. George McClellan heads the Ohio Department. McClellan secures Wheeling and Grafton in western Virginia. Western Virginia is loyal to the USA. Benjamin Butler is at Fort Monroe, across Hampton Roads from Norfolk, Virginia. Butler's camp receives three runaway slaves, and he develops a policy of "contraband," whereas the slaves will not be returned to the masters. Nathaniel Lyon secures St. Louis, Missouri, capturing Camp Jackson. Missouri is not going to secede. Maryland is loyal to the United States also. A short film by Jeffrey Meyer, historian