THE ENEMY IS IN THE PATUXENT
An
expressed arived on Sunday evening from Gen. Winder stating that the enemy were
ascending the Patuxent in great force; orders were immediately issued from the
War Department for a detatchment of volunteers to proceed from this city; yesterday
about 12 o'clock capt. [sic] Davidson's light infantry, capt. Burch's
artillery, and capt. Doughty's rifle companies took up the line of march; the
whole under the command of Captain Davidson.[1]
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| The Enemy in the Patuxent; Daily National Intelligencer; |
[1] Daily
National Intelligencer; Date: 07-19-1814; Volume: II; Issue: 481; Page: [3];
Location: Washington (DC), District of Columbia.
Transcribed by John Peter Thompson, July 19th, 2013.
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