The Battle of Bladensburg, also known as the Bladensburg Races, took place during the Chesapeake Campaign, part of the War of 1812, on 24 August 1814...

Barney. A replica of a gunboat of Barney's Chesapeake Bay Flotilla today sits in Bladensburg Waterside Park, the Battle of Bladensburg Monument, and Fort...

militia at the Battle of Bladensburg on 24 August; that evening, he led his troops into Washington D.C. During his command of the Burning of Washington many...

code 20710. Bladensburg is 8.6 miles (13.8 km) from Washington, D.C. Originally called Garrison's Landing, Bladensburg was renamed in honor of Thomas Bladen...

to join the Battle of Bladensburg. Three active battalions of the Regular Army (1-4 Inf, 2-4 Inf and 3-4 Inf) perpetuate the lineages of the old 36th...

the War of 1812. On August 24, 1814, as a brigadier general, he led American troops in their disastrous defeat at the Battle of Bladensburg, which led...

the Battle of Bladensburg on August 24, 1814, Lieutenant Colonel Jacint Laval led 140 men of the regiment. Laval's troops were placed in support of infantrymen...

Barney's flotilla of gunboats, carried out the Raid on Alexandria, landed ground forces that bested the US defenders at the Battle of Bladensburg, and carried...

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occupied a United States capital. Following the defeat of American forces at the Battle of Bladensburg on August 24, 1814, a British army led by Major-General...

Chesapeake Bay and routed General William Winder's army at the Battle of Bladensburg. Madison, who had earlier inspected Winder's army, escaped British...

heiress, examples exist of secondary crests being granted as augmentations: after defeating the Americans at the Battle of Bladensburg, Robert Ross was granted...

to bring the state of Vermont into the war. The British had used their victories at the Battle of Bladensburg and the Burning of Washington to counter...

Valley during one of the final British offensives along the Canadian-U.S. border. The Battle of Bladensburg, fought 24 August 1814, was one of the worst days...

Army soldiers, militiamen, US Marines, and US Navy sailors in the Battle of Bladensburg. Despite the considerable disadvantage in numbers, standard military...

witnessed the Battle of Bladensburg on 24 August 1814. The oak is believed to be at least 200 years old, which is past the average life expectancy of a Willow...

defeat in August 1814 at the Battle of Bladensburg. Maloney, Linda M. The Captain from Connecticut: the Life and Naval Times of Isaac Hull. Northeastern University...

color of skin, or the cut and trimmings of the coat, can affect a man's qualifications and usefulness." Just before the Battle of Bladensburg Commodore...

battalion of Royal Marines. He had defeated a hastily assembled force of Maryland and District of Columbia militia at the Battle of Bladensburg on August...

during the War of 1812. In 1813, Ball had enlisted in Commodore Joshua Barney's Chesapeake Bay Flotilla and fought at the Battle of Bladensburg on August 24...

Stephenson Battle of St. Michaels Battle of Bladensburg Battle of Lake Erie Capture of Fort Niagara 1813 Battle of Tipton's Island Battle of Africa Point...

occupation of the prosperous port of Alexandria, Virginia, and the capture an abundance of prizes and cargoes. Battle of Bladensburg, Maryland (August 24, 1814):...

organization. The fledgling D.C. Militia was tested during the War of 1812 and the Battle of Bladensburg. Maryland and Virginia, preoccupied with attacks on their...

launched the Chesapeake Campaign (defeating American forces in the Battle of Bladensburg, capturing and burning Washington, DC, and raiding Alexandria, Virginia)...

Jackson in the Battle of New Orleans, a victory that was achieved after the war was officially over. Blacks fought at the Battle of Bladensburg August 24,...

Timeline of the War of 1812 is a chronology of the War of 1812, including a list of battles. The War of 1812 was fought in four major theaters: the Atlantic...

Marines counterparts at the Battle of Bladensburg. Throughout the war Royal Marines units raided up and down the east coast of America including up the Penobscot...

role in the Battle of Bladensburg and the subsequent "Burning of Washington" during the War of 1812. On the Avalon Peninsula in the Province of Newfoundland...

assurance of domestic tranquility, but a dangerous temptation to foreign adventure." After the Battle of Bladensburg in 1814, during the War of 1812, in...

Eastern Branch of the Potomac River, (now known as the Anacostia River) to the small bridge crossing there. In the Battle of Bladensburg, victory was secured...