An area known as Millington became Camp Millington and was located east of Gwynn's Falls in the Mill Hill area of Baltimore between Brunswick Street and Millington Avenue. Frederick Avenue led straight to the Camp Millington. It was established in 1862 and the 128th Regiment of New York Volunteers were stationed there.
In the 1860's Baltimore was home to 4,600 soldiers that were garrisoned in several military camps. Their purpose was to keep Maryland from joining the Confederacy. Southern sympathizers were locked up at the "American Bastille" also known as Fort McHenry. After the Civil War all traces of the camps disappeared.
Louis Scheller is a Butcher by trade and on 3 May 1897 red Line Cable Car Number 8 struck and hit Louis's wagon on Baltimore Street between Pine Street and Franklin Avenue. The blow knocked the horse down and threw Herman Kratz his driver from his driving seat. Neither the horse nor Herman were seriously injured.
In 1890 Louis met the lovely Daisy and they married. George and Caroline, their children, are born and in 1900 Louis is working as a Butcher and renting a house at 1916 Walbrook Avenue in Baltimore. His hard work has led him to a position as a Grocery Store Keeper and he is renting a home on Garrison Lane in Baltimore. He becomes a Salesman in the Meat Packing Industry and they are renting a home at 2501 North Avenue in 1920.
On August 21 1927 Louis passes away and is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Baltimore. His obituary is in the Baltimore sun and reads:
Obituary: The Baltimore Sun August 22, 1927
On August 21, 1927, Louis, aged 58 years, husband of the late Daisy Scheller.
Funeral services will be held at William J. Tickner & Sons, North and Pennsylvania avenues, on Tuesday at 4 P.M. Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery.
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