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The War of 1812 (a brush-up): Wednesday June 13, 1 - 2 pm
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As Baltimore kicks off its commemoration of the War of 1812 bicentennial this week, a look at the conflict that has been long overshadowed by the American Revolution and the Civil War. Donald R. Hickey, professor of history at Wayne State College and author of "187 Things You Should Know about the War of 1812," provides a history lesson.
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Another aspect of War of 1812
Dartmoor Prison and the American Cemetary: I just read a book (historical fiction) and learned about the POWs of the war, who were kept (along with French POWs from the Napoleanic wars) at Dartmoor prison in England. There were more than 200 from the war interred at the cemetary-some of which resulted from an "uprising" that occurred after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent.
Turned back at Patterson Park?
I'd once heard that the Brittish were met by thousands of armed Baltimoreans at Patterson park. And that this is where they decided to turn back. Is this true? If so, how many people and how did the word spread so fast?
Tony/Catonsville
Turned back at Patterson Park?
Hi Tony
More correctly the British got as far as Bayview Medical Center where they were looking across at the American defenses in Patterson Park (then known as Hampstead Hill) -- the defenses stretched from the harbor to Belair Road. Baltimore commander Major General Samuel Smith had anticipated the British to come from the east and had prepared entrenchments and a long line of artillery ready for their arrival. The British only had minimal artillery and would have had to come over open country up a slippery hill to attack the redoubts. British commander Colonel Arthur Brooke, who had taken over from Major General Robert Ross when he was mortally wounded before the Battle of North Point, prepared a night attack with a feint toward the harbor while the main body of troops would march north to get in behind the American defenses. However, he received a noted from British commander-in-chief Vice Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane on the night of September that the Royal Navy had been unable to get past Fort McHenry and it would be up to Brooke to decide what to do. Without the aid of naval firepower, Brooke realised it would be perilous to press forward with the attack and he decided to withdraw. He recorded in his diary, "If I took the place I would be the greatest man in England. If I lost, my military character would be gone for ever."
Christopher T. George
Author, Terror on the Chesapeake: The War of 1812 on the Bay
Editor, Journal of the War of 1812
http://journal.thewarof1812.info/
http://chrisgeorgewarof1812.blogspot.com/
1812 flag raising over a school: 1st in the US
Early in the war of 1812 the area of northwestern Massachusetts generally did not support the war. But, a group of settlers on Catamount Hill were Federalists and they did support the war. They wanted to come up with a way to show their support, so the women of the settlement donated fabric and a few of the women constructed an American flag. The flag was then flown over the school house. It was the first time an American Flag was flown over a school house.
Just in case you did not know this story. More info at the Catamount Hill Association.