JUNE 8-10TH, 1814: British raids up St. Leonard's Creek, Maryland. More action took place between the American and British fleets. The Americans fled seven miles up the Patuxent River to St. Leonard's Creek. The Americans were bottled up there.
The British continued raids along the Patuxent River June 12-16th.
The American fleet fought its way out of St. Leonard's Creek on June 26th.
--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.
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Showing posts with label Battle of St. Leonard Creek. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Thursday, January 23, 2014
War in the Chesapeake-- Part 2: Battle of St. Leonard Creek
From the Maryland Department of Planning, Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum.
During the war, the British controlled the Chesapeake Bay. Commodore Joshua Barney assembled a rag-tag fleet of 18 small gunboats, barges and sloops and on June 8-10 and again on June 26th, met the British fleet at the Battle of St. Leonard Creek where the Patuxentt River meets the mouth of St. Leonard Creek, right on the shore of the Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum (JPPM).
Barney's fleet were supported on the shore by American Army, Marines and militia.
Cannonballs, musket shot and other military objects have been found on the grounds.
Barney's heavily outguned fleet was able to escape.
Local figures from the battle are tied to the JPPM property: John Stuart Skinner, a a farmer, journalist and owner of the Point Farm during the war; Joshua Barney, commander of the American fleet and Charles Ball, one of at least three blacks in the American flotilla, were all Calvert County natives.
--Brock-Perry
During the war, the British controlled the Chesapeake Bay. Commodore Joshua Barney assembled a rag-tag fleet of 18 small gunboats, barges and sloops and on June 8-10 and again on June 26th, met the British fleet at the Battle of St. Leonard Creek where the Patuxentt River meets the mouth of St. Leonard Creek, right on the shore of the Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum (JPPM).
Barney's fleet were supported on the shore by American Army, Marines and militia.
Cannonballs, musket shot and other military objects have been found on the grounds.
Barney's heavily outguned fleet was able to escape.
Local figures from the battle are tied to the JPPM property: John Stuart Skinner, a a farmer, journalist and owner of the Point Farm during the war; Joshua Barney, commander of the American fleet and Charles Ball, one of at least three blacks in the American flotilla, were all Calvert County natives.
--Brock-Perry
War in the Chesapeake-- Part 1" Calvert County
From the Jan. 6, 2014, Southern Maryland News Net.
Calvert County was impacted by the war by the British push on Washington, DC, in 1814. British raiding parties seized supplies from county citizens and set fire to local farms and burned the county courthouse down.
The largest naval engagement in Maryland took place over a two-day period at St. Leonard Creek.
A full series of bicentennial events are planned for the county this year, biggest of which will be the re-eneactment of the Battle of St. Leonard Creek.
--Brock-Perry
Calvert County was impacted by the war by the British push on Washington, DC, in 1814. British raiding parties seized supplies from county citizens and set fire to local farms and burned the county courthouse down.
The largest naval engagement in Maryland took place over a two-day period at St. Leonard Creek.
A full series of bicentennial events are planned for the county this year, biggest of which will be the re-eneactment of the Battle of St. Leonard Creek.
--Brock-Perry
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