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141:. After assisting with the riots downtown, the regiment marched to Riverside Park on July 30 to help guard the South Baltimore rail lines. On August 1, the regiment put on an exhibition for the local residents.
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147:
143:
132:
128:
124:Eleazer Wood
116:Samuel Smith
101:
96:
80:
79:
1609:Leakin Park
1589:Hanlon Park
1512:Mason Homes
1406:Harbor East
1282:Cherry Hill
1246:Violetville
1228:Saint Agnes
1188:Dickeyville
1151:Orangeville
1132:Middle East
973:Bolton Hill
876:Harlem Park
834:Wilson Park
799:Morgan Park
760:Gardenville
673:Roland Park
659:Poplar Hill
626:Lake Walker
552:Cold Spring
476:Mount Holly
456:Howard Park
446:Greenspring
436:Garwyn Oaks
431:Forest Park
338: /
301:. p. 2
133:During the
112:War of 1812
85:public park
47:Public park
1644:Categories
1629:Wyman Park
1444:St. Helena
1421:Joseph Lee
1300:Harborview
1287:Curtis Bay
1178:Beechfield
1043:Seton Hill
940:West Hills
905:Penn-North
829:Waltherson
814:Ramblewood
794:Mid-Govans
784:Loch Raven
779:Lauraville
708:Wyman Park
683:Stone Hill
645:Oakenshawe
544:Cedarcroft
421:Dorchester
326:76°36′29″W
323:39°16′13″N
1534:Poe Homes
1485:Claremont
1472:Allendale
1416:Jonestown
1401:Greektown
1353:Southeast
1291:Fairfield
1250:Wakefield
1237:Ten Hills
1208:Irvington
1170:Southwest
1028:Otterbein
1008:Koreatown
998:Chinatown
910:Poppleton
895:Mondawmin
880:Lexington
867:Edmondson
804:Northwood
756:Frankford
723:Northeast
713:Wyndhurst
703:Woodberry
668:Remington
617:Koreatown
572:Glen Oaks
567:Evergreen
466:Levindale
426:Fallstaff
416:Cheswolde
401:Ashburton
396:Arlington
388:Northwest
89:Riverside
1343:Westport
1310:Lakeland
1277:Brooklyn
1142:Old Town
1053:Westside
960:Downtown
945:Westgate
930:Walbrook
915:Rosemont
789:Mayfield
655:Pen Lucy
635:Medfield
607:Homewood
602:Homeland
582:Guilford
562:Edgecomb
66:17 acres
53:Location
1430:Linwood
1426:Kresson
1366:Bayview
1223:Pigtown
1071:Barclay
809:Overlea
741:Cedonia
698:Waverly
612:Keswick
592:Harwood
587:Hampden
557:Cylburn
519:Barclay
486:Pimlico
277:The Sun
247:The Sun
232:The Sun
71:Created
1381:Canton
1233:Sowebo
1218:Oaklee
1147:Oliver
900:Mosher
774:Hillen
764:Govans
577:Govans
199:
1548:Parks
1269:South
1076:Berea
925:Upton
514:Abell
506:North
295:(PDF)
153:Notes
1063:East
849:West
441:Glen
307:2022
197:ISBN
178:2024
74:1876
63:Area
43:Type
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372:e
365:t
358:v
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