Publisher's Synopsis
During the War of the Rebellion, a new and influential club was established in the city ofBaltimore in the State of Maryland. It is well known with what energy the taste for militarymatters became developed among that nation of ship-owners, shopkeepers, and mechanics.Simple tradesmen jumped their counters to become extemporized captains, colonels, andgenerals, without having ever passed the School of Instruction at West Point; nevertheless;they quickly rivaled their compeers of the old continent, and, like them, carried off victoriesby dint of lavish expenditure in ammunition, money, and men.
