Battle of St. Marys River-- Part 1

From Dale Cox's Explore Southern History site.  There is not a lot of information on this small battle (skirmish) but this is a good source.  Mr. Cox also has a lot of other history blogs, including a favorite of mine, Civil War Florida blog.  You can get to all of them from this blog.

This was the last land battle of the War of 1812.  British forces under Admiral Sir George Cockburn occupied Cumberland Island on the Georgia coast in January 1815 and planned to use it as a base of operations in the vicinity.

They then attacked the U.S. Army military post at Point Petre (Fort Peter) on the St, Marys River on January 13, 1815, drove off the garrison and captured the town of St. Marys, Georgia.

They withdrew a short time later but continued to capture American ships and encouraging free and slave blacks to come to Cumberland Island and join them..  Nearly 1500 did.

Next, the Last Battle of the War of 1812 in February.  --Brock-Perry