Record Data Place Unit Type Region Containing Unit United States of America Events Date Type 07/08/1861 In Baltimore, the War Department, to secure local shipping from hijack, seizes two Chesapeake ferries Battles/Soldiers 04/05/1865 - 04/07/1865 In the Chesapeake Bay, Confederate boarders seize a civilian transport ship and flee to the Virginia shore Battles/Soldiers 06/28/1861 - 06/29/1861 On Chesapeake Bay, a bold stroke captures a Baltimore ferry and turns it into a Confederate privateer Battles/Soldiers People Documents Date Title 07/11/1848 Spencer Fullerton Baird, Report of the Curator of the Musuem, July 11, 1848 04/03/1856 Jacob Bigelow (William Penn) to William Still, April 3, 1856 Images Eastern Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay, 1857
