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★ ★ ★ ★ Caroline Co BALTIMORE RIOT TRAIL • Church Home and Hospital – Here Adeline Blanchard WESTERN SHORE SITES • Rodgers Tavern – Four-legged recruits were trained here • – This cotton-weaving mill was used for Old Harford Town Denton Tyler treated wounded soldiers after the at the “mule school” for arduous service in the U.S. Army. Federal service. Courthouse ★ ★ Maritime Center – The 6th Massachusetts Baltimore Riot. Baltimore County Historical Society/Cockeysville – Infantry Regiment began its march to . Near here, Confederate Maj. Harry Gilmor burned railroad • Port Deposit – A local battery later found itself • – The strategic B&O Railroad bridge to Crimea Mansion/Leakin Park – Home of Ross Winans, playing a vital role at Antietam. Washington placed two towns in the theater of war. ★ • bridges and wreaked havoc on his July 1864 raid. Fawn Street at President Street – Here the secessionist a successful inventor and prominentArlington Baltimorean, House/ who was TALBOT mob began attacking the marching Massachusetts soldiers. ★ Camp Chapel United Methodist Church – Maj. Harry • Bel Air Court House – In 1861, Union forces searched the ★ ★ Taylor’simprisoned Tavern at Fort McHenryNational for his Cemeterypro-southern political town for Confederate sympathizers; area residents served in EASTERN SHORE SITES ★ President Street at – The66 mob closed in activities. Gilmor and his raiders passed by this early Methodist chapel 50 404 site in July 1864. both armies. Charles Sumner Post G.A.R. – Former U.S. Colored Troops as a railroad car carrying soldiers derailed. • Todds Corner • Druid Hill – Several U.S. Colored Troops regiments were • James Archer Birthplace – Confederate Gen. James Archer established this Grand Army of the Republic post and built ★ Gay and Commerce StreetsFairfax at Pratt Street – Here the organized here in 1863 and 1864. Fort Ward • Catonsville Library – This community, known as Relay 309 during the war, was an important rail center. led Texas troops through several campaigns and died in Rich- this meeting hall in 1908. soldiers fired back, exchangingCourt volleys House with the mob. Federal Hill – First occupied by U.S. troops in May 1861 mond, Va., shortly after being exchanged as a . 662 • ★ • Kent County Courthouse – Federal authorities arrested ★ Glen Ellen – This is the site of Maj. Harry Gilmor’s home, M Light Street at Pratt Street – Four soldiers were shot or to suppress secessionist violence in395 Baltimore, this became ★ Jerusalem Mill – A Confederate cavalry raid occurred here local lawyer and newspaper publisher John Leeds Barroll in Fairfax Museum a Gothic Revival house demolished after the war. LOTHIAN I beaten to death here. the site of a huge fort. in 1864 as part of an attack on Washington. 1863 for reprinting a “treasonous” article. 495 Alexandria Hampton National Historical Site 408 L ★ • – Southern sympa- E Howard Street at Camden Station – The rest of the • Fort McHenry – Famous for associations with “The Star- 95 495 ★ Mariner Point Park – Here Maj. Harry Gilmor burned the Monument Park – Monuments here honor both Confederate National thizer Charles Ridgely was elected captain of the Baltimore • S Massachusetts regimentSt. finally Mary’s boarded Church the train, protected Spangled Banner,” it became a and hospital site. Gunpowder River Bridge. Welsh Owens and Union soldiers, including U.S. Colored Troops. Unionville by their comrades’ fire. Cemetery County Horse Guards at the outbreak of the war. 370 Greenmount Cemetery – John Wilkes Booth and other D R • R Elkridge Furnace Inn – George DobbinMemorial built an “assembly Lauretum Inn – Chestertown resident, Maryland 95 Robert E. Lee Park/ – Opened in 1861,D the • • I notable Civil War figures are buried here. • R 322 hall” here after the war, on land once occupied by Union general, and U.S. Senator George Vickers voted against V 1861 Baltimore Riot Walking Tour ★ ★ YA St. Michaels OTHER BALTIMORE CITY SITES lake here served as Baltimore’s reservoir during theD war. Loudon Park National Cemetery, Confederate Hill – O artillery, to help heal divisions among neighbors. impeaching President Andrew Johnson in 1868. E 313 Fairfax Station • O Talbot Courthouse • Lansdowne Christian Church – This church Wand its R 1861 Baltimore Riot Site • Battle Monument – On the evening of April 19, 1861, Established in 1862, this is one of 14 original national • B&O Railroad Station – The oldest railroad terminus in the • Queenstown – Slaves escaped from their owners here to EASTON Governor Hicks and Mayor Brown spoke here to try to calm cemeteries. More than 600 Confederates are buried here. stained-glass windows reflect a Civil War veteran’s love for his comrades. U.S. (1831) was guarded by Union troops throughout the war. enlist in the U.S. Army. 331 1864 Johnson/Gilmor Raid Site down citizens after the Baltimore Riot. • Maryland Historical Society – Civil War artifacts are Fort★ Monkton Station – A station along the Northern Central • Ellicott City Colored School – After the war,4 African 2 • Greensboro – Pro-Union residents wrote to President 33 • Mt. Clare Station/B&O Railroad Museum – displayed here. American veterans built this school. for help on September 13, 1862. Other Civil War Trails Site Civil War-era trains are on display here. FooteRailroad, a component of the ’s transit • – This public park, opened in 1827, held a network for troops and supplies. • Thomas Isaac Log Cabin – Northern and southern senti- • Hillsboro – The great African-American leader, Frederick Abbott Iron Works – To avert further violence after the Bal- U.S. Army training camp and general hospital during the war. National, State or County Park • 95 ★ ments divided this town. Douglass, once called this town home. timore Riot, the mayor ordered railroad bridges burned. Towson Court House – On July 11, 1864, Gilmor’s raiders • USS Constellation – This vessel operated against the slave Information or Welcome Center stopped210 at the hotel here for refreshment then fought an • Patapsco Female Institute – This is the site of an important • Unionville – Slaves and free blacks from here served as 333 • Mt. Clare Mansion – This U.S. Army training facility trade and protected U.S. shipping from Confederate raiders. engagement south of town. school that influenced young ladies of the North and South. USCT, then founded the community after the war. opened in the summer of 1861. 5 • Washington Monument at Mt. Vernon Place – President • Perryville Community Park – This small town quickly • – This was the home of Capt. George R. • Talbot Courthouse – Easton men served on both sides Abraham Lincoln gave a stirring speech here on April 18, 1864. 50 Fort became an important Union outpost. Gaither of the Howard County Dragoons. during the war. 318 F Whit ★★★★★A HOUSE DIVIDED ★★★★★ ★★★FORT McHENRY ★★★ ★ RAILROADS ★

n 1861, Baltimore found itself in a civil war fought on the docks, front from Baltimore and Railroad terminals. Lincoln used the est known for its association place, over the victims of as vulgar and bru- uring the Civil War, Balti- streets, waters, and farms of the South’s northernmost city, victory at Antietam to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclama- with the “Star-Spangled Ban- tal a despotism as modern times have wit- more was the rail center home of the “Star-Spangled Banner.” The flag had helped unite tion, making the war for the Union a war for freedom as well. ner” during the , nessed.” The civilian prisoners soon had the of Maryland and the I the young nation in 1814, but 47 years later it represented despo- In June 1863, Gen. Robert E. Lee invaded the North a second time, Bnearly half a century later, Fort company of Confederate soldiers, as prison- DNorth’s gateway to the tism and tyranny to some Americans, while to others it symbolized following his stunning victory at Chancellorsville, Virginia. After the McHenry played several different roles ers of war were confined on the grounds South. Three railroads terminated “a high and delicate trust” to preserve the Union. In February, distrust Confederates crossed the into Maryland, the Federals during the Civil War. After the fall of Fort outside the fort while awaiting transfer to there — the Baltimore and Ohio, the and threats of disunion culminated in the midnight passage of presi- marched in pursuit from the Washington defenses. Baltimore hastily Sumter, , and the Baltimore Point Lookout, , or Johnson’s Northern Central, and the Philadel- dent-elect Abraham Lincoln through Baltimore to thwart a rumored constructed and strengthened barricades and fortifications. On July 3, Riots of April 1861, Maryland Unionists Island. Their numbers swelled after major phia, Wilmington and Baltimore — assassination attempt. the city’s residents heard the looked to the fort to safeguard their cause battles, particularly those at Sharpsburg, and connections to two others were On April 19th, five days guns of Gettysburg, 50 miles in a city with strong support for secession. Maryland, in September 1862, and Gettys- just outside the city. Because locomo- after the Union surrendered Fort northwest, as “distant thunder.” Gen. William W. Morris’ 2nd U.S. Artillery burg, Pennsylvania, in 1863. By war’s end, tives were banned from the city’s Sumter, South Carolina, the ten- When word of the Union victory occupied the fort in May 1861, one of 32 an estimated 15,000 men had been confined streets, passengers either walked sions in Baltimore exploded in arrived, an officer on Federal Hill regiments to serve as garrison troops dur- at the fort, but only 15 had died there. At or rode in horse-drawn cars between violence. Confederate sympathiz- wrote, “The good news from Get- ing the conflict. Some of the fort’s guns least three executions occurred there: two connecting stations. On April 19, 1861, ers attacked Massachusetts tysburg made all hearts rejoice; were trained on Baltimore instead of the soldiers and a civilian for murder. a mob attacked U.S. Army soldiers troops en route to Washington, not so much that Baltimore was , to help curb secessionist Some Union and Confederate officers marching between the two stations D.C. along the Pratt Street safe (though, with a Union defeat ardor and rally loyal citizens. wounded in combat in the Eastern theatre en route to Washington D.C. In what waterfront. The war’s first casu- the Confederate flag must cer- Lincoln’s suspension of the writ of of war were treated at Fort McHenry’s became known as the Baltimore alties fell in Baltimore’s streets, tainly have waved over it), as that habeas corpus resulted in the temporary 60-bed post hospital. James L. Kemper and Riots, the crowd threw bricks, and inspiring Marylander James E. the country was safe, and the detention and confinement of hundreds of Isaac R. Trimble were among the notable the soldiers opened (or returned) Randall to write the intensely whelming tide of invasion was Maryland civilians suspected of disloyalty. Confederate generals who survived “Pick- fire. Four soldiers were killed and pro-Southern “Maryland, My turned.” Soon, vast numbers of Many of them were held at Fort McHenry. ett’s Charge” at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. 39 wounded, while 12 civilians died Maryland,” the state song since wounded arrived, and 7,653 pris- Among them was newspaper editor Francis They were transported to downtown Balti- and “dozens” more were injured. 1939. By summer, Federal troops oners were transported on Balti- Key Howard, who wrote on September 13, more by railroad and ambulance wagon, After Federal control was reasserted, occupied strategic rail and ship- more and Ohio Railroad trains 1861, “[the] day, forty-seven years earlier, treated at city hospitals, then brought to Baltimore’s railroads became part of ping depots to guard communica- “Attack on the Massachusetts 6th for confinement in Fort McHenry my grandfather, Francis Scott Key … wrote the post hospital to recover and await the network supplying the U.S. Army tion lines to Washington. Lincoln’s suspension of habeas corpus at Baltimore, April 19th, 1861” before transfer to Point Lookout the song so popular. … The flag which he transfer by steamship to permanent Fed- for the rest of the war. resulted in the temporary imprisonment of the Maryland legislature and Fort Delaware. proudly hailed, I saw waving, at the same eral prisoner-of-war installations. Civil War-era locomotive and Baltimore’s government. U.S. troops garrisoned Federal Hill and By 1864, war-related business dominated Baltimore’s economy. After the Civil Fort McHenry, aimed their guns at the city, and ensured Federal con- Lincoln delivered a fund-raising speech at the city’s U.S. Sanitary Fair War, Fort McHenry was trol for the remainder of the war. In June 1861, an officer wrote, “The in April and spent the night at Mount Vernon Square, a wealthy resi- used periodically as an loss of Baltimore would have been the loss of Maryland; the loss of dential area that three years earlier had been a secessionist hotbed. active military post. Maryland would have been the loss of the national capital, and per- In July, the third and last Confederate invasion ended at the outskirts In 1933, two years after haps, if not probably, the loss of the Union cause.” of Washington, after the (although a Confederate Francis Scott Key’s Baltimore became U.S. Middle Department headquarters on victory) had enabled Federal reinforcements to strengthen the capi- poem became America’s March 22, 1862, to coordinate regional military activities. After the tal’s garrison. Baltimore, the nation’s second most-fortified city, added National Anthem, the on September 17, during the first Confederate inva- more than 40 forts and redoubts during the war. Early in 1865, they fort was transferred to sion of the North, the city received thousands of wounded, transform- were stripped of men for the final campaigns in Virginia. Late in April, the National Park Ser- ing parks, warehouses, churches, and hotels into hospitals. Fort Lincoln’s funeral train stopped in Baltimore while flags at Fort McHenry vice and designated a McHenry became a prisoner-of-war transfer facility and nearby Locust and elsewhere flew at half staff in honor of the assassinated president National Monument and Point served as a munitions depot, with supplies transported to the and symbolized, as well, all the Americans lost in the conflict. Fort McHenry during the Civil War. Historic Shrine.

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n the weeks following the Battle n July 1864, Confederate Gen. Jubal Turnpike, reinforcing Ellicott Mills, the braham Lincoln came to of Antietam on September 17, A. Early, having cleared Virginia’s Thomas Viaduct in Relay, and the depleted Baltimore three memo- 1862, and again after the Battle of Union troops, defenses of Baltimore. His stubborn rable times between 1861 I of Gettysburg in July 1863, Balti- I marched his corps into Maryland defense bought time for troops from Peters- A and 1865. The first occa- more became a vast hospital complex to threaten Baltimore, free Confederate burg to reach Washington D.C. by steam- sion was before dawn on February for the wounded men who poured into prisoners at Point Lookout, and attack ship and repulse Early’s July 11 attack. 23, 1861, en route to his inauguration the city. The Antietam casualties Washington, D.C. He and commanding Gen. Meanwhile, Confederate Gen. Bradley in Washington, D.C. When detective arrived on the Baltimore and Ohio Robert E. Lee also hoped to lure Federal T. Johnson led his cavalry brigade toward Allan Pinkerton feared that a pro- Railroad from Frederick, Maryland. troops away from Petersburg, Virginia, Point Lookout, cutting telegraph lines Confederate mob might attack Museum As thousands of Union and Confeder- to reinforce the capital’s defenses and, and burning trains and railroad bridges. Lincoln’s carriage as he transferred ate soldiers hobbled or were carried thereby, relieve the pressure on Lee. Maryland’s own Maj. Harry Gilmor’s from President Street Station to Constellation

from the trains, authorities trans- USS Early’s maneuver was the South’s third detachment engaged Federal cavalry and Camden Station, the president-elect formed 22 churches, hotels, and cotton The U.S. Navy and their ships, such as USS Constellation, and last invasion of the North. captured Union Gen. William B. Franklin, agreed to slip quietly from one and tobacco warehouses into medical were essential to achieving victory for the Union. In response, the Federals rushed who later escaped. Gilmor got no closer to station to the other and safely on to facilities. Nearly all of Baltimore’s Gen. Lew Wallace’s force of 5,800 men from Point Lookout than the mouth of the Gun- Sgt. Maj. Christian A. Fleetwood Washington. Later that day, a pro- public parks still in use today, includ- he U.S. Navy’s actions in the Baltimore and an infantry division from powder River northeast of Baltimore. Confederate mob harassed Mary ing Patterson’s Park, Federal Hill, and Chesapeake Bay during the Petersburg to confront Early on the banks Early retreated to Virginia on July 12, he Emancipation Proclama- Todd Lincoln, traveling separately, Druid Hill Park, as well as other open Civil War were similar to its of the near Frederick, having failed to free the Confederate pris- tion, issued January 1, 1863, as she transferred trains. As presi- spaces, were used for hospitals. Thou- T operations throughout the Maryland, on July 9. Called “The Battle oners. He succeeded, however, in putting authorized the recruiting of dent, Lincoln returned to Baltimore sands of the Gettysburg casualties South. From Baltimore to the Virginia That Saved Washington,” the fight was a a fright into Washington D.C. and Balti- T African-Americans as United on April 18, 1864, to speak at the were cared for in downtown Balti- Capes, naval vessels tightly blockaded Confederate victory, but it cost Early more, and his raid temporarily drew Fed- States soldiers. Gen. William Birney Maryland State Fair for Soldier more, while Fort McHenry’s post hos- the coastline to keep desperately needed a critical day’s march on the U.S. capital. eral troops away from Petersburg. and his staff raised seven regiments of Relief, almost three years to the day pital treated many of the Confederate supplies from Confederate armies, as Wallace retreated east on the Baltimore what were called Colored after the Baltimore Riot, in which officers wounded during Gen. James well as to protect the vast numbers of Troops (USCTs) – the 4th, 7th, 9th, 19th, Confederate sympathizers attacked Longstreet’s famous assault (often Union vessels that transported men and 30th, 39th, and 118th – in Maryland U.S. Army troops on their way south mistakenly called Pickett’s Charge) on supplies to the front. In addition, the during the Civil War. The Maryland to the capital. Lincoln was so July 3, 1863. A pressing need for treat- navy actively assisted the U.S. Army General Assembly offered bounty money impressed with the positive change ing the wounded closer to the battle- with amphibious support, while also to each man who enlisted as well in the city’s political climate that he fields led to the creation of several seeking battle with the ships of the Con- as to owners who freed their slaves for referred to it in his speech as “both relief organizations in Maryland. federate navy. service. Many slaves, however, freed great and gratifying.” Lincoln’s With the fall of Norfolk, Virginia, themselves from their masters and ran third passage through Baltimore in 1861, the became a away to join the Union forces. was on the morning of April 21, 1865, vital base for the U.S. Navy’s activities Of the sixteen African-American six days after his assassination, in the Chesapeake. The city’s shipyards soldiers who received the Medal of when the funeral train arrived at repaired vessels damaged in battle, Honor during the Civil War, five were Camden Station. After a procession while its many steamship companies Maryland natives: Sgt. Maj. Christian through the city and a public view- provided vessels that could be converted A. Fleetwood, Baltimore, 4th USCT; ing in the Merchant’s Exchange, for military use. Inland, the navy utilized Sgt. Alfred B. Hilton, Harford County, Lincoln’s body was transferred to the city’s industrial power, with Balti- 4th USCT; Sgt. Decatur Dorsey, the train that carried him home more’s mills producing steam engines Howard County, 39th USCT; and Pvt. to Springfield, Illinois, for burial. for warships as well as armor plating — William H. Barnes and Sgt. James H. U.S. General Hospital, Patterson Park, Baltimore including that used on USS Monitor. Gen. Jubal A. Early Gen. Lew Wallace Maj. Harry Gilmor Harris, St. Mary’s County, 38th USCT.

MARYLAND CIVIL WAR TRAILS Cover: “Attack on the ★★THE CIVIL WAR REVISITED ★★ ★★POST WAR Massachusetts 6th at How to use this Guide Baltimore, April 19th, 1861” Drawn by This guide showcases a collection of sites William Bomberger that portray the Civil War story in Baltimore The following further explore and expand lthough many Marylanders and engraved by and the surrounding Chesapeake Bay region. George E. Perine. Central to this collection, is the one-and-a-half upon the story of the Civil War: served on the Civil War’s mile walking tour along Baltimore’s Inner losing side, several former Maryland Office of Tourism Kent County Tourism Harbor that depicts the April 1861 riot when Confederates afterward Development Development A Confederate sympathizers attacked the 6th played prominent roles in their native 217 East Redwood Street 400 High Street Massachusetts Infantry Regiment as they 9th Floor Chestertown, MD 21620 state. Adm. Franklin Buchanan, who marched to trains en route to Washington, Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 778-0416 commanded CSS Virginia (formerly D.C. Information contained here and along the (888) CIVIL-WR (248-4597) www.kentcounty.com USS Merrimack) the day before its Trail highlights stories that have been hidden www.visitmaryland.org within the landscape for more than 140 years. Howard County Visitors famous battle with USS Monitor, BALTIMORE Follow the bugle trailblazer signs to waysides Annapolis & Anne Arundel Information Center served as president of Maryland Agri- that chronicle Maryland’s deeply divided loyal- County Conference & Visitors Howard County Tourism Council cultural College, now the University ties and to many of the Civil War’s lesser- Bureau P.O. Box 9 Breathtaking views of rolling of Maryland. Maj. Harry Gilmor, Brochure Design by Communication Design, Inc., Richmond, VA Brochure Design by Communication Design, WASHINGTON, D.C. known but important sites. 26 West Street 8267 Main Street countryside and horse farms the partisan cavalry commander, The Trail, including a number of additional Annapolis, MD 21401 (side entrance) surrounding Baltimore returned to Baltimore as a business- (Inset) Kayaking on the waters sites, can be driven in one, two or three days (888) 302-2852 Ellicott City, MD 21041 man, city police commissioner, and depending on traveler preference. Destina- www.visit-annapolis.org (800) 288-8747 of the Chesapeake Bay colonel in the Maryland National tions like Chestertown, Port Deposit, Bel Air, www.visithowardcounty.com Baltimore Area Convention Guard. Col. Henry Kyd Douglas, Ellicott City, Westminster and Frederick offer & Visitors Association Carroll County Visitor Center Conference and Visitors charming ambiance that can be enjoyed all- junior member of Jackson’s staff who RICHMOND Baltimore Visitor Center 210 East Main Street Bureau of Montgomery County, year long while Baltimore and Rockville offer wrote I Rode with Stonewall, became 401 Light Street Westminster, MD 21157 Maryland, Inc. a more sophisticated urban environment. a lawyer, judge, and commander of (in the ) (800) 272-1933 11820 Parklawn Drive, Suite 380 Harford County Tourism

© 2007 Virginia Civil War Trails, Inc. Trails, © 2007 Virginia Civil War Amenities include dining, lodging, shopping, Baltimore, MD 21202 www.carr.org/tourism Rockville, MD 20852 Council, Inc. the Maryland National Guard. and a variety of attractions that illustrate (877) BALTIMORE (800) 925-0880 It is often said that the victors Baltimore City and Balti- Maryland’s important role in the Civil War. Tourism Council of 211 W. Bel Air Avenue www.baltimore.org www.visitmontgomery.com Aberdeen, MD 21001 in a war get to write its history, but more, Cecil, Harford, For more detailed travel information, stop by Frederick County, Inc. Howard and Kent counties. (800) 597-2649 Maryland’s vanquished contributed any Maryland Welcome Center, local Visitor Queen Anne’s County Office 19 East Church Street Prince George’s County, MD www.harfordmd.com Center or contact any of the organizations listed of Tourism Frederick, MD 21701 Conference & Visitors Bureau greatly to the war’s history and liter- in this guide. For additional Civil War Trails 425 Piney Narrows Road (800) 999-3613 9200 Basil Court, Suite 101 Fort McHenry National ature. Seventeen former Confeder- Funding for Maryland Civil Monument and Historic Shrine War Trails has been provided, information, visit www.civilwartrails.org. Chester, MD 21619 www.fredericktourism.org Largo, MD 20744 ates published reminiscences about in part, by the Federal High- For statewide travel information, visit (410) 604-2100 (888) 925-8300 2400 East Fort Avenue Maryland’s role in aiding the Confed- way Administration through www.visitmaryland.org. www.discoverqueenannes.com www.visitprincegeorges.com Baltimore, MD 21230 eracy as compared to five Unionists. the Maryland Department of Historic Ellicott City Cecil County Tourism (410) 962-4290 Transportation’s Transporta- www.nps.gov/fomc tion Enhancement Program. 1 Seahawk Drive North East, MD 21901 Baltimore Civil War Museum (800) CECIL-95 601 President Street For more information www.SeeCecil.org Baltimore, MD 21202 on other Civil War Trails, call toll-free: Baltimore County Conference (410) 385-5188 & Visitors Bureau www.mdhs.org Follow these signs PO Box 5426 Monocacy National Battlefield to more than Lutherville, MD 21094-5426 500 Civil War sites 4801 Urbana Pike (410) 296-4886 . . . in Maryland, Virginia Frederick, MD 21704 1 8882484597 (877) STAYNDO Visitors Guide Henry Kyd Douglas as a major in the and North Carolina (301) 662-3515 (800) 570-2836 Group/Meeting Confederate army and as adjutant general www.visitmaryland.org www.nps.gov/mono www.visitbacomd.com of the Maryland National Guard. Martin O’Malley, Governor www.tadderphotography.com Tadder, Tim Anthony G. Brown, Lt. Governor Enjoying Baltimore’s Inner Harbor