Digging for Answers At Caulk's Field-- Part 2

The dig is a project of the Maryland War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission, which secured a $40,000 federal grant to do it.  Julie Schablitsky, 43, has been involved in other digs related to the war, but is most famous for her work the Donner Party campsite in the Sierra Nevada and John Paul Jones' birthplace in Scotland.

Caulk's Field is close to the town of Fairlee, on Maryland's east shore Chesapeake Bay.  Executive director of the Maryland War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission, Bill Pencek says, "This is easily the best-preserved 1812 battlefield in the Mid-Atlantic, thanks to the excellent stewardship of the owners, Tulip Forest Farming Corp., who understood its importance and protected it."


THE BATTLE

Late on August 30, 1814, Parker's troops came ashore from the HMS Menelaus with plans to get information about Baltimore's defenses.  Washington had already been burned and they were preparing to lay siege to Baltimore..

But, the Americans knew the British were coming and ambushed them in an hour-long battle.

More to Come.  --Brock-Perry