More than 2,000 British came ashore at Broad Creek (near present-day Bay Bridge Airport and set up camp. A local house was occupied as headquarters. They hoisted the Union Jack high enough so that sentries on the nearby Maryland capital building in Annapolis could see it.
A smaller British force of 300, led by Col. Sir Thomas Sydney Beckwith left camp and crossed the Kent Narrows on their way to Queenstown, taking a dirt road, now State Route 18.
On August 13, two miles from Queenstown, they met 20 local militia near a farm on Slippery Hill (an interesting name), who repelled their advance (20 militia versus 300 regulars, a big surprise there) and the British returned to their camp after Beckwith's horse was killed under him.
There is a park being built at the corner of Nesbitt Road and Route 18 to commemorate the battle which was fought close by. There will be three signs there,two more in Queenstown (which will be dedicated April 6th), two more in Centreville and one at Church Hill.
Commemorating the Past. I Like It. --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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