tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post8613442959773301074..comments2023-10-12T07:13:01.637-04:00Comments on The American Literary Blog: It is six and eighty years this very dayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post-13600060877926066632011-04-19T17:09:59.053-04:002011-04-19T17:09:59.053-04:00To the above poster: The first casualty of the Bal...To the above poster: The first casualty of the Baltimore Riots was in the 1850s?<br /><br />In all seriousness, I think I see what you're saying but the struggles leading up to the Civil War were not the war itself. Romantic notions aside, the Civil War did not begin until April 1861... that's when it became an official military campaign with the Commander in Chief, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post-67891681237109684752011-04-19T16:08:46.305-04:002011-04-19T16:08:46.305-04:00Some people make Private Luke Quinn, a Marine kill...Some people make Private Luke Quinn, a Marine killed in the John Brown raid the first casualty. Thomas Wentworth Higginson in Cheerful Yesterdays gives the honor to James Batchelder, second US Marshall killed in the line of duty in 1854 during the attempted rescue of Anthony Brown.Peter Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01473701483727808782noreply@blogger.com