Battle of North Point
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The Battle of North Point was fought on September 12, 1814, between General John Stricker's Maryland Militia and a British force led by Major-general Robert Ross. Although the Americans were driven fr
The Battle of North Point by Thomas Ruckle
A figure of British Major General Robert Ross as he appeared in the Baltimore campaign
Political cartoon JOHN BULL and the BALTIMOREANS (1814) by William Charles, praising the stiff resistance in Baltimore, and satirizing the British retreat
Battle of Baltimore
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The Battle of Baltimore took place between British and American forces on September 12–14, 1814, during the War of 1812. Defending American forces repulsed sea and land invasions off the busy major po
Battle of North Point
…for the defense of the city as Stricker was retreating back to the main defenses to bolster the existing force. The engagement was a part of the larger Battle of Baltimore, an American victory in the War of 1812. Major General Robert Ross had been dispatched to the Chesapeake Bay with a brigade of veterans from the Duke…
The bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British, engraving by John Bower
Battle Monument, Baltimore
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