The British invasion of Maryland, 1812-1815, by William M. Marine; ed., with an appendix, containing eleven thousand names, by Louis Henry Dielman.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Marine, William Matthew, 1843-1904.

Contributor:

• Dielman, Louis Henry, 1864-1959, editor.
• Society of the War of 1812. Maryland, pub.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Maryland. Militia.
• National Society, United States Daughters of 1812. Maryland.
• Maryland--History--War of 1812.
• United States--History--War of 1812--Registers.
• United States--History--War of 1812--Regimental histories--Maryland.
• Bladensburg, Battle of, Bladensburg, Md., 1814.
• Washington (D.C.)--Capture by the British, 1814.
• Maryland--Genealogy.
• Regimental histories.
• Maryland.
• Maryland--Bladensburg.
• United States.
• Washington (D.C.).

Genre:

• Genealogy.
• History.
• Registers (Lists)

Physical Description:

viii pages, 1 leaf, 519 pages frontispiece (folded map) 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Society of the War of 1812 in Maryland, 1913.

Summary:

"This volume is an attempt to present in permanent form the history of the British invasion of Maryland during the War of 1812. The story has not heretofore been fully told; the record is deplorably incomplete, and the following pages are intended to be an adequate chronicle of the events of that period in Maryland, and to that end even trifling circumstances have been interwoven in the narrative"--Preface.

Contents:

• Events leading up to the war.
• The privateersmen.
• The Chesapeake expedition.
• Frenchtown and Havre de Grace.
• Barney's flotilla.
• Bladensburg and Washington.
• Caulk's field.
• North Point and Baltimore.
• Appendix: Maryland roster, War of 1812. Society of the War of 1812 in Maryland. National Society United States Daughters of the War of 1812, state of Maryland. Index.

Other Format:

Online version: Marine, William Matthew, 1843-1904. British invasion of Maryland, 1812-1815.

OCLC:

3399474

Publisher Number:

SBRT2455211