RAVAGES OF THE ENEMY.
ALEXANDRIA, JUNE 18 — By a gentleman direct from the
neighborhood of Barney's Flotilla and the British squadron, who arrived here
last evening, we have the ,most distressing account of the situation of the inhabitants of that section
of Maryland — A brig of 12 guns and 15 barges were as high up the Patuxent on Thursday at Benedict — the
barges had progressed to
Nottingham, a considerable distance
above Benedict. He states that a
number of houses were burnt by them, and other enormities committed — among
those were on belonging to Captain Mackall, and one to Mr. Broom — On crossing the ferry at a place called Pig Point
yesterday morning he distinctly saw the barges at Nottingham, and smoke
issuing from a house which he was told belonged to General Bowie, and it is
probable the whole village is burnt — A tobacco
warehouse has been burnt by them on the St. Mary's side of the Patuxent
containing a quantity of tobacco. He
represents the distress of the citizens as extreme — the
woods and roads full of women and children flying in all directions from
their homes. The British lay all the night before last at Lower Marlbro'.[1]
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| from: Christopher T. George's War of 1812 Blog American and British Routes August to September 1814. The broad yellow arrow shows American troop movements from Washington to the defense of Baltimore: General Ross's British Army returned to their troopships on the Patuxent for the trip up to the city on the Patapsco for a combined land-sea attack (turquoise and brown arrows). |
[1] The
Weekly Messenger; Date: 06-24-1814; Volume: 3; Issue: 36; Page: [3]; Location:
Boston, Massachusetts.
Transcribed by John Peter Thompson: June 14th,
2013.
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