On February 8th, I wrote about Captain Peter Parker having two officers go ashore from his HMS Menelaus and reconnoiter Annapolis, Maryland. It sounded like they essentially just walked around the town and even American Fort Madison guarding the town. This would lead me to believe that it wasn't garrisoned at the time; well, hopefully.
I'd never heard of Fort Madison, so that meant a little research on it. And, there is not much on the fort, which doesn't even exist now. But, it was definitely there, on the grounds of the present day U.S. Naval Academy.
From the North American Forts Site:
1808-1873/1896. Was a 13-gun elliptical fort located at Carr Point in Annapolis. Rebuilt in the early 1850s and abandoned after the Civil War. Transferred to the Navy in 1873 for the Naval Experimental Battery for training USNA midshipmen.
The Coast Guard acquired the site in 1896 for the Annapolis Lighthouse Depot. The fort's remains were evident until World War II construction eradicated them.
Where Is the Fort? --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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