1318702 A NARRATIVE OF THE BATTLE OF BLADENSBURG; IN A LETTER TO HENRY BANNING, ESQ. BY AN OFFICER OF GEN. SMITH'S STAFF. Thomas L. McKenney, Thomas Loraine.
A NARRATIVE OF THE BATTLE OF BLADENSBURG; IN A LETTER TO HENRY BANNING, ESQ. BY AN OFFICER OF GEN. SMITH'S STAFF
A NARRATIVE OF THE BATTLE OF BLADENSBURG; IN A LETTER TO HENRY BANNING, ESQ. BY AN OFFICER OF GEN. SMITH'S STAFF
A NARRATIVE OF THE BATTLE OF BLADENSBURG; IN A LETTER TO HENRY BANNING, ESQ. BY AN OFFICER OF GEN. SMITH'S STAFF
A NARRATIVE OF THE BATTLE OF BLADENSBURG; IN A LETTER TO HENRY BANNING, ESQ. BY AN OFFICER OF GEN. SMITH'S STAFF

A NARRATIVE OF THE BATTLE OF BLADENSBURG; IN A LETTER TO HENRY BANNING, ESQ. BY AN OFFICER OF GEN. SMITH'S STAFF

[Washington, D.C.?]: [Publisher Not Identified], [1814]. First Edition. Thin Octavo, 16 pages; G; 3/4 bound in brown calf, marbled boards and endpapers; some rubbing to binding; lacking title page and map; ex-Columbia Historical Society library, with their stamps to interior and sticker to front board, bookplate to front pastedown; first page with some period writing; extremely scarce in any condition; HSDC consignment; shelved case 7.

1318702

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Dated September 10, 1814.; Shaw & Shoemaker 31990;

The Battle of Bladensburg was a battle of the Chesapeake campaign of the War of 1812, fought on 24 August 1814. Called "the greatest disgrace ever dealt to American arms", a British force of army regulars and Royal Marines routed a combined U.S. force of Regular Army and state militia troops at Bladensburg, Maryland, 8.6 miles (13.8 km) northeast of the federal capital of Washington, D.C.. U.S. defeat resulted in the capture and burning of Washington. [wikipedia]