In yesterday's blog I mentioned that the story oft-told as to why Sandwich, Massachusetts, was not attacked by the British during the War of 1812 was because they thought a brick yard by the shore was a fort. It further related that a British 74-gun frigate, the HMS Commodore Harty, had been "scared" off by the fort.
I was using the facts from the article and was somewhat dubious as to the ship. First, the British didn't name their warships after a person. Most likely, the Commodore Harty was the ship's commander. Also, a 74-gun ship would be a ship-of-the-line, not a frigate.
--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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