From the Delmar Dust Pan Blog.
Captain John R. Joynes of the 2nd Regiment (men from Accomack County, Va. served mainly in the 2nd and 99th Regiments) had a camp of 32 men on Chesconessex Creek. On June 25, 1814, British barges were spotted by a sentinel about 2:45 AM on a stormy Monday.
Some 450 British Royal Marines and 50 Negroes from the Colonial Marines rowed up the creek and disembarked.
Joynes' men, alerted, fired a volley with their muskets and 4-pdr. cannons. The British fired back with their 18-pdrs.
By 6AM. the British Marines returned to their ships, which included the 83-gun HMS Albion, The Dragon, Endimyon and several tenders and barges.
A skirmish also took place here during the Civil War on November 24, 1861.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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