AUGUST 26, 1814: A British gunboat flotilla captures two American vessels on the St. Lawrence River, near Kingston, Upper Canada.
A joint army-navy expedition departs Halifax, Nova Scotia, for the invasion of the District of Maine.
AUGUST 27TH, 1864: British occupy Point Lookout, Maryland.
The USS Wasp captures the HMS Avon in the waters south of Ireland.
The retreating garrison destroys Fort Washington, Maryland..
--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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