FROM THE HISTORICAL MARKER AT THE SITE.
"BATTLE OF ICE MOUND."
"Last battle of the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake Bay. A tender to the British ship of war 'Dauntless' was captured by Joseph Stewart and local militia near James Island on February 7, 1815.
"Ice along the shore allowed the militia to approach within firing range. The cannonade taken from the tender was named for two of the twenty captured, Lt. Matthew Phibbs, and African-American cook Becca.
"By tradition it has come to be called 'Becky' Phipps."
--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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