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The Battle of North Point

by Command Sergeant Major James Clifford, USA-Ret. (submitted by Michelle Gardner)

Story added by firehorse5 on June 2, 2022

During the War of 1812 the British began their assault in the Chesapeake Bay. The White House went up in flames along with much of DC, then the British troops turned toward Baltimore which they wanted to conquer even more than the capital as they wanted to destroy the Fells Navy Yard and shipbuilding facilities. MG Samuel Smith had been preparing for this very day. As Commander of the Maryland Militia, he installed 56 long range cannons at Ft. McHenry as well as other fortifications and batteries. He even predicted the route the British would take to get to Baltimore and prepared defensive positions along North Point. At 0300 British M...read more

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Description of Brigadier General John Stricker:

Born in Frederick, Maryland, Stricker served in his father’s militia regiment during the Revolutionary War. At age 17, he marched to Princeton with the First Maryland Regiment; for years after that war, Stricker proudly wore a blue Society of Cincinnati Medal, identifying him as one of a small fraternity of officers who had risked everything serving under George Washington. At the onset of the War of 1812, Stricker was in command of the local militia in July 1812 when a mob destroyed the Federal Republican newspaper office and attacked the Federalists defending the organization. Two years later he was the celebrated hero of North Point.