On a relatively mild Saturday — as on that frigid Feb. 7, 1815 — the Maryland men prevailed.
Two centuries ago, the British never had a chance in their icebound boat with limited ammunition. One wounded, none killed, fewer than 20 British taken prisoner — so ended the last battle of the War of 1812 to be fought in the Chesapeake Bay region.
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2 comments:
They should have used live ammo just to drive the point home.I stopped going to these events because they were carrying live bodies off of the battlefields.
Purist.
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