Battle of New Orleans.

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

200 Years Ago: August 26-27, 1814

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

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