Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Chesapeake was captured in a brief but intense action in which 71 men were killed. This was the only frigate action of the war in which there was no preponderance of force on either side. At Boston , Captain James Lawrence took command of Chesapeake on 20 May 1813, and on 1 June, put to sea to meet the waiting HMS Shannon , commanded by ...
Since 1813 the Royal Navy had carried out a campaign in Chesapeake Bay, raiding the shorelines of Virginia and Maryland. The raids targeted public buildings and supplies in a hope of diverting American troops from the Canada front and persuading US civilians to advocate for peace at a time when British forces were engaged in the Napoleonic Wars .
The Chesapeake campaign was a strategic offensive of the Royal Navy designed to destroy American naval resources, vessels, forts, dockyards and arsenals; and impose a full naval blockade of the Atlantic Coast in order to seize ships and powder magazines from Charleston to New York. [1] The Chesapeake campaign battles: [NB 1] Rappahannock (3 ...
The Lexington federal building was designed by H.A. Churchill and John T. Gillig and completed in 1934. Many of the federal buildings of this period exhibit streamlined, almost austere, finishes and features; therefore, it is generally believed that Louis Simon, Supervising Architect of the Treasury, exerted a great deal of control over the design.
1813-1815: Country United States: Allegiance United States: Branch: U.S. Navy: Role: artillery: Size: 4,370 men (with an additional 700 U.S. marines attached to naval force) Part of: U.S. Department of the Navy: Engagements: War of 1812. Battle of St. Jerome Creek (1814) Battle of St. Leonard's Creek (1814) Battle of Queen Anne (1814) Battle of ...
Shown here is a medieval sundial that was found built into the upstanding house. Sundials are regularly found in churches dating to the late Anglo-Saxon and early Norman periods.
In November 2017, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council approved an agreement to relocate the Breckinridge and Morgan statues to the Lexington Cemetery. [8] The relocation was completed in July 2018. [9] An endowment, funded by private donations, covered the cost of removal, and will pay for future maintenance and security. [10]
Main Event, a new entertainment venue coming to Lexington, has set a grand opening date.. The Main Event at 240 Canary Rd. off of Nicholasville Road in the South Park shopping center and visible ...