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The Battle of Bladensburg, also known as the Bladensburg Races, took place during the Chesapeake Campaign, part of the War of 1812, on 24 August 1814, at Bladensburg, Maryland, 8.6 miles (13.8 km) northeast of Washington, D.C.
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The United Kingdom was already at war with France when the United States declared war in 1812. The war against France took up most of Britain's attention and military resources. The initial British strategy against the United States focused on imposing a naval blockade at sea, and maintaining a defensive stance on land.
The Register, covers the period 2 June to 30 December 1814, is one of our most important primary sources for the names and units of American casualties at Bladensburg, see thumbnail. [4] 1814 Naval Hospital Register, Washington D.C. patients 31-45, from injured marines and sailors from Commodore Joshua Barney's, Chesapeake Flotilla
The Man Who Captured Washington: Major General Robert Ross and the War of 1812. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2016. ISBN 9780806151649 see online review; Ross is a featured supporting character in Eric Flint's alternate history novels, 1812: The Rivers of War, and 1824: The Arkansas War.
A battle that thwarted the British plan to follow up their victories at Bladensburg and Washington with the capture of Baltimore. The British landing party, under the command of Maj. Gen. Robert Ross met the American force, under the command of Brig. Gen. John Stricker, at the narrowest point of the peninsula leading from North Point to Baltimore.
The Dawn's Early Light is one of Lord's 13 bestsellers, along with A Night to Remember, Day of Infamy, and Incredible Victory. [2] Initially published by W. W. Norton in 1972, it includes 16 pages of illustrations and several maps, such as the British advance on Washington and the movement of British forces by land and sea during the subsequent attack on Baltimore.
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