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Risorse esterne che parlano di questo libro Wikipedia in inglese (13)"For nearly two years during the War of 1812, the British treated the Chesapeake Bay as their private lake. But in 1814, as attention moved from the northern frontier to the mid-Atlantic region, the Americans fought back and drove the invaders from the bay. Christopher T. George traces the abuses of the inhabitants of the Chesapeake Bay by Royal Navy raiding parties under arrogant Rear Admiral George Cockburn. Cockburn's burning and pillaging of bay communities preceded the burning of our nation's capital, Washington, D.C., on August 24-25, 1814, by Major General Robert Ross. Cockburn persuaded Ross that the Americans could not stand up to Lord Wellington's Peninsular War veterans. But he miscalculated when it came to attacking Baltimore, where citizen soldiers, strongly led by Revolutionary War veterans Generals Samuel Smith and John Stricker, and backed by U.S. Navy regulars, held the British at bay, killing Ross and reclaiming American pride."--BOOK JACKET. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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several books on this topic, and George's effort may be the best of the lot. I detect a bit of an anti-British tone to his narrative as he recounts Admiral Cockburn's depredations against Americans in the north bay and other areas as well.
He reminds us that the Americans were poorly led by Secretary of War Armstrong, dependent largely on state and local militias. Most of these were poorly motivated, poorly led, and performed badly in the field. However, in some actions, such as Craney Island in 1813, and at other actions as well, British forces attempting complex amphibious operations suffered serious reverses in the face of determined American resistance.
George gives a good account of the disaster at Bladensburg, as well, as the successful defense of Baltimore. ( )