From the May 1st Forecaster "History lesson: Freeport's Dash made a Splash in War of 1812" by David Harry.
The Dash was a Freeport, Maine-built schooner commissioned as a privateer by President James Madison and crewed, in part, by Freeport sailors.
In the later part ofthe war, it evaded the British blockade off Maine and delivered supplies and captured British ships.
It was built for speed in 1813 at Porter's Landing and made three voyages before becoming a privateer in September 1814, three weeks after Washington, DC, was captured and burned.
Yet Another Privateer. --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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