five o'clock in the afternoon
The first reached Baltimore on the 19th . On their march through the streets to change cars for Washington , they were attacked by a fierce mob and the first battle of the Civil War was fought . The regiment lost four killed and thirty-six wounded and the mob , twelve killed and a great number wounded . Grimed with blood and dirt the troops reached Washington at five o'clock in the afternoon , the first armed rescuers of the Capital . They were quartered in the magnificent Senate Chamber on the Capitol Hill . The President was immediately confronted by the gravest crisis . The first blood had stained the soil of the only Slave State , which lay between Washington and the loyal North .