for starters, benjamin butler ordered up 2,000 copies of his own speech to distribute. and other people were ordering about a hundred a piece. a few ordered different amounts. and by doing that, you would get a commission if you were a page. and this is a really rare example of actually seeing this in action. we know that's something that pages would do, but this is a great example of exactly how they did it and the rekreept that he got for his hard work. that's a lot of people to round up. >> we have a newspaper account of one page who made $400 on certain speeches in 1890, so it could be a real way to supplement your income. >> that's a lot of money then. >> it was. >> wow. >> pages also, until it was banned, would go around the floor on a signature book and collect autographs from members, and then they would go sell it to visitors in the gallery. that was banned in the latter 19th century. but there was a lot of ways they could supplement their income to live in washington, d.c. >> it's true that the chamber could get very crowded, which made it great to have little

benjamin butler ordered 2000 copies of his own speech to distribute. other people were ordering 100. you would get a commission if you were a page. this is an example of seeing this in action. we know from memoirs that is something pages would do. this is a great example of how they did it and the receipt he got for his hard work. that is a lot of people surround up. >> we have a newspaper account of one page who made $400 on certain speeches that were given around the time of the mckinley tariff debate in 1890. it could be a real way to supplement your income. >> that is a lot of money then. >> the pages also, until it was banned, would go around on the floor with a signature book and select -- and collect autographs and sell it to visitors in the gallery. that was banned. but there were a lot of ways they could supplement their income to live in d.c. >> it is chewed at the chamber could get crowded, which made it great to have messengers running around. another way the crowded news came into play for pages was that eventually, after a lot of discussi

not long thereafter union forces under benjamin butler occupied federal hill, a large hill near the inner harbour of baltimore, aimed their cannons at the city, and the big cannons were swiveled onto the city itself. if there was another pro-confederate riot, ft. mchenry could -- the second step, though, anyone accused of aiding or supporting the southern cause could be arrested. many would be brought to this very room which i'm not stoning. president lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus. that plenty people could be brought here and detained here for no specific crime, not even given a trial in front of their poors or a judge. many saw this as an abused roof rights. some in ballot horrid said lincoln has said himself up as king and ft. mchenry is the baltimore bastille, an allusion to the king of france a couple generations earlier. within man brought here was john merriman. he was an officer and pro-confederate horse unit called the baltimore county horse guards. even though the unit had been disbanded, they had a reputation of being pro-southern. john merriman was arrested under

not long thereafter, union forces under benjamin butler occupied federal hill, a large hill near the inner harbor of baltimore aimed their cannons at the city. and the big cannons of this fort were swivelled on to the city itself. and if there was another proconfederate riot, ft. mchenry could bombard baltimore back into the union. the second step, though, was anyone accused of aiding and supporting the southern cause would be arrested. and many of those arrested would be brought to this very room in which i'm now standing. president abraham lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corp corpus. that meant people could be arrested and brought here and detained and held here for no specific crime, and not even given a trial in front of their peers or a judge. many people saw this as an abuse of rights. and some in baltimore said lincoln has set himself as king and ft. mchenry is his baltimore bastile. one man who was actually brought here to ft. mchenry was john merryman. an officer and pro-confederate horse unit called the baltimore county horse guards. and even though the unit had been d

the other yankee army commander benjamin f butler was the quintessential political general of the union army. despite butler's many shortcomings as a field commander, grant recognized both the massachusetts man's talents and also understood the necessity of working with such an influential politician. not until butler finally discredited himself with the powder boat fiasco in december of 1864 did the general in chief at last have grounds for removing the insubordinate subordinate. butler's successor was the able professional soldier and were ordered for whom fred would who had who had earned grants respect and friendship in the western theater. because the illinoisan liked board, he tolerated the junior officers quaint conceits. such antics by other senior subordinates usually cost them grant's respect and therefore their command. william f smith, william t h brooks, and quincy adams gilmore were all relieved of their core commands when they demanded actions or promotions that grant was unwilling to grant them. john given almost suffered the same fate and much more tragically by the fin

the other yankee army commander benjamin f. butler was the quintessential political general of the union army. despite butler's many shortcomings as a field commander, grant recognized both the massachusetts man's talents and also understood the necessity of working with such an influential politician. not until butler finally discredited himself with the powder boat fiasco in december of 1864 did the general in chief at last have grounds for removing the insubordinate subordinate. butler's successor was the able professional soldier ord who had earned grant's respect and friendship in the western theater. because the illinoisan liked ord, he tolerated the junior officer's quaint conceits. such antics by other senior subordinates usually cost them grant's respect and therefore their commands. william f. smith, william brooks, and quincy adams gilmore were all relieved of their core commands when they demanded actions or promotions that grant was unwilling to grant them. john given almost suffered the same fate and much more tragically