Horse Landing got its name in 1812 when the British came to the Patuxent and Potomac rivers. They raided waterfront properties such as Sotterly, Chaptico, Cedar Point and Leonardtown. They brought their horses in at Horse Landing where the river was shallow.
On August 19, 1814, they landed at Benedict. Someone took a potshot at British Admiral George Cockburn's barge from St. Clement's Island and he ordered Royal Marines to land and sweep it bare, burning all farmhouses they encountered.
Gettin' Ya Back. --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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