From Wikipedia.
The British fleet consisted of 1 ship-of-the-line, 6 frigates, 2 bomb-vessels and two schooners. British losses were 3 killed and 5 wounded. U.S. losses were 1 killed, 4 wounded and 9 missing as well as two gunboats captured.
British Ships:
Albion
Dragon--74-guns
Regulus-- 44-guns
Brune-- 56-guns
Severn-- 40-guns
Hebrus-- 36-guns
Rota-- 38-guns
Primrose-- 18 guns
Terror and Devastation, 8-guns each (bomb-vessels)
Canso and Whiting-- 12-guns (schooners)
--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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Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Battle of St. Marys River-- Part 2
Rear Admiral Sir George Cockburn sent a company of Royal Marines up the St. Marys River, reportedly to destroy Archibald Clark's sawmill near present-day Folkston, Georgia. Also, they were possibly after the U.S. "works," maybe the American post at Camp Pinckney near Coleran.
Regardless, it was a huge operation, with the British force numbering some 52. They proceeded upriver by water on Feb. 23, 1815, in seven barges and one gig under Commander Charles George Rodney Phillot of the HMS Primrose and Cmdr. David Euren Bartholomew of the HMS Erebus.
--Brock-Perry
Regardless, it was a huge operation, with the British force numbering some 52. They proceeded upriver by water on Feb. 23, 1815, in seven barges and one gig under Commander Charles George Rodney Phillot of the HMS Primrose and Cmdr. David Euren Bartholomew of the HMS Erebus.
--Brock-Perry
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