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Before the Civil War, George Proctor Kane had been a businessman, thespian, political appointee, philanthropist and militiaman. During the war, as Baltimore's chief of police, he harbored the divided loyalties familiar to the border states--Southern in his sentiments yet Northern in his allegiances. As the city's top lawman, he sought to reform Baltimore's "Mobtown" image. He ensured that President-elect Lincoln, passing through on the way to his inauguration, was not assassinated. He protected Union troops marching to defend Washington, D.C. He was eventually imprisoned as a Southern sympathizer, denied habeas corpus as his captors transferred him from prison to prison. This book recounts Kane's enigmatic public life before and during the Civil War, his Confederate activities after prison and his return to serve as mayor of Baltimore.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Illustrations viii
Introduction
1. Kane's Formative Years
2. Kane's Early Career
3. Kane's Connection to Baltimore Theatres and the John Wilkes Booth Family
4. Baltimore Militias
5. The Hibernian Society of Baltimore
6. Baltimore Fire Departments
7. Gangs of Baltimore and the Baltimore Elections
8. Baltimore Police
9. Slavery in Maryland and Baltimore
10. The Baltimore Plot
11. The Baltimore Riot
12. Kane's Arrest
13. Fort McHenry
14. Forts Hamilton, Lafayette and Columbus
15. Fort Warren
16. Kane's Confederate Activity After Release from Prison
17. Return to Baltimore
18. A Late Turn as Mayor
Epilogue
Appendix
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
