Northern Duty, Southern Heart
Before the Civil War, George Proctor Kane had been a businessman, thespian, political appointee, philanthropist and militiaman. During the war, as Baltimore''s chief of police, he harbored the divided loyalties familiar to the border states--Southern in his sentiments yet Northern in his allegiances. As the city''s top lawman, he sought to reform Baltimore''s "Mobtown" image. He ensured that Pr...
Before the Civil War, George Proctor Kane had been a businessman, thespian, political appointee, philanthropist and militiaman. During the war, as Baltimore''s chief of police, he harbored the divided loyalties familiar to the border states--Southern in his sentiments yet Northern in his allegiances. As the city''s top lawman, he sought to reform Baltimore''s "Mobtown" image. He ensured that Pr...
