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“Rev War Revelry” Battle of North Point

Posted on September 17, 2022 by erwpost

On September 12, 1814, approximately 4,700 soldiers, a mix of British infantry and marines, were landed on the North Point peninsula, a jut of land between the Back and Patapsco River and on a direct line of march toward Baltimore. … Continue reading →

Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, British Leadership, Common Soldier, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, National Park Service, Navy, War of 1812 | Tagged baltimore, Battle of North Point, Emerging Revolutionary War, Fort McHenry, Phillip S. Greenwalt, Rev War Revelry, Rev War Roundtable with ERW, Star-Spangled Banner, War of 1812 | Leave a comment

Honoring Baron de Kalb and Baseball

Posted on August 19, 2022 by Rob Orrison

On August 19, 1780 the United States lost one of the most influential foreign officers that fought for the new nation during the American Revolution. Johann von Robais, Baron de Kalb migrated to the United States along with the Marquis … Continue reading →

Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Memory, Monuments, Personalities, Preservation, Revolutionary War, Southern Theater | Tagged 1st Maryland Continental, baltimore, Baltimore Orioles, Baron DeKalb, Battle of Camden, Camden, Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site, Marquis de Lafayette, Maryland, Marylanders, Revolutionary War Visitor Center at Camden | 4 Comments

“Rev War Revelry” War on the Chesapeake!

Posted on May 27, 2021 by erwpost

The Star-Spangled Banner and the burning of Washington City are the enduring legacies of the 1814 Chesapeake Campaign. These two events provide contrasting impressions of the American experience in the War of 1812. One conjures up an image of an … Continue reading →

Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, British Leadership, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Monuments, War of 1812 | Tagged baltimore, Battle of Bladensburg, Chesapeake Bay, Emerging Revolutionary War, Fort McHenry, George Best, Nathan McDonald, Rev War Revelry, Rev War Roundtable with ERW, Star-Spangled Banner, War of 1812 | Leave a comment

James Monroe at War

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Phill Greenwalt

Part Two With an excess of officers in the Continental Army and little prospect of getting a field command, James Monroe resigned his commission in 1779. He became a Lieutenant-Colonel of Virginia forces, but was unable to recruit enough … Continue reading →

Posted in Emerging Civil War, Revolutionary War | Tagged baltimore, Battle of Bladensburg, Benedict, British Invasion 1814, Fort McHenry, Independence Day, James Madison, James Monroe, James Monroe Museum, Maryland, Monroe Doctrine, President James Monroe, Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War Wednesdays, Scott Harris, Society of Cincinnati, Thomas Jefferson, Treaty of Ghent, War of 1812, Washington D.C. | 2 Comments