Image: Raid Near St Michaels MD

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Description: Map shows the landing point and British troop movements on August 26, 1813, in the War of 1812 in Maryland. While a portion of the British moved toward Tilghman Island, Maryland Militia held off another force of British soldiers northwest of St. Michaels, Maryland.
Title: Raid Near St Michaels MD
Credit: This is a crop of a Map of Maryland published in 1841, from the U.S. Library of Congress found here. Labels, circles, and arrows have been added by TwoScarsUp based on "History of Talbot County, Maryland, 1661-1861", Volume II, by Oswald Tilghman and Samuel A. Harrison, pages 173-175; and "The Chesapeake Campaigns 1813-15" by Scott S. Sheads, p.49-51. Sheads is a retired ranger-historian from the Fort McHenry National Historic Site and Shrine in Baltimore.
Author: Fielding Lucas Jr. (1781-1854) with label, arrows, and circles added by TwoScarsUp
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Second Battle of St. Michaels

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