The Battle of Baltimore (Maryland) concludes: After four days of fighting, Major General Samuel Smith, commanding the Militia of Maryland, defeats a joint land-sea task force of the North American Army of the United Kingdom, commanded by Major General Robert Ross; and the North American and Jamaica Stations of the Royal Navy, commanded by Vice Admiral Alexander Inglis Cochrane.
NOTES:
- Ross was killed in the battle;
- The united States’ victory inspired Francis Scott Key to write the “Star Spangled Banner.”
[restored 12/11/2021]
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 75.
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