The Dawn's Early Light
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The Dawn's Early Light is a 1972 non-fiction book by Walter Lord about the War of 1812 Battle of Baltimore and the events leading up to it. Lord said he wrote the book because of the event's significa
First edition dustcover (1972)
A contemporary drawing of the bombardment of Fort McHenry, one of the illustrations reproduced in The Dawn's Early Light
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 Dawn's Early Light
…threatened the young nation's capital. The book's narrative of the dramatic battlefield death of Maj. Gen. Robert Ross while leading the invaders at the Battle of North Point, and the effect on his soldiers in seeing their mortally wounded commander prostrate on the ground, has been cited by others writing about the battle…
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