In the fall of 1812, the Camden County Battalion was raised at Point Peter.
The Battle of Fort Point Peter, 1815
On January 10, 1815, British forces under Admiral Sir George Cockburn landed at Cumberland Island off the Georgia coast. On Jan. 13th they bombarded Fort Peter and then landed and took the fort without casualties before heading for the town of St. Marys where they drove off American defenders and captured it on Jan. 15th.
They captured two American gunboats and twelve merchant ships. Fort St. Tammany was not a factor in these actions. They ended their occupation of St. Marys and Fort St. Tammany after a week. Then they burned Fort Peter and withdrew to Cumberland Island.
British officers lived in Dungeness, former mansion of deceased Revolutionary War American hero General Nathaniel Greene.
--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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