BGuthrie Photos: MD -- Fort McHenry Natl Monument -- Pictures From Outside Fort

MD -- Fort McHenry Natl Monument -- Pictures From Outside Fort:

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. FTMCHO_110109_045.JPG: To Francis Scott Key author of the Star Spangled Banner and for the soldiers and sailors who took part in the Battle of North Point and the defense of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812.
2. FTMCHO_110109_066.JPG: Erected Sept 12 1914 by The City of Baltimore Soc War of 1812 Contributing in commemoration of the gallant defense of Fort McHenry under the command of Col George Armistead which was the inspiration of the national anthem The Star-Spangled Banner
3. FTMCHO_110109_075.JPG: To Col George Armistead April 10, 1779 - April 25, 1818 Commander of this fort during the bombardment by the British fleet Sept 13-14, 1814 War of 1812
4. FTMCHO_110312_32.JPG: The Guns That Won the Battle: These cannons represent the largest guns that defended the fort during the War of 1812. Cannons from this battery fired 18 and 36 pound iron balls almost a mile and a half. Heated cannonballs or "hot shot" proved especially devastating to wooden ships. For much of the battle the British kept their distance and, as a result, most of their bombs and rockets missed the fort. After 25 hours, they sailed back into the Chesapeake Bay -- unwilling to come within range of the fort's deadly artillery. "The object of artillery for defense not being the same with that of attack, a different system is adopted for pieces of this construction... Guns for maritime defense and sea coast batteries may be made of iron and of calibers much about twenty-four or eighteen pounders... they will keep the enemy's ship at a greater distance, and protect more effectively the roads and entrances of harbours..." -- Louis De Tousard, 2nd US Artillery, American Artillerist Companion, 1809
5. FTMCHO_110312_36.JPG: Sailors Fighting Sailors: US Chesapeake Flotilla vs Royal Navy: Sailors provided the backbone of Baltimore's defense during the War of 1812. A strong detachment of US Navy seamen defended trenches on the outskirts of the city while members of the US Chesapeake Flotilla served Fort McHenry's largest cannons in the Water Battery. Here, eighteen men strained to load, aim, and fire, each of the 12,000 pound cannons as enemy bombs and rockets burst overhead. The 471 men of the US Chesapeake Bay Flotilla protected local residents of the Chesapeake Bay region and fought numerous battles with the Royal Navy before coming to Baltimore. Their combat experience and teamwork proved vital in repulsing the British ships. "The houses in the city were shaken to their foundations for never, since the invention of cannon to the present day, were the number of pieces fired with so rapid succession." -- 1814 newspaper report "Bay and River craft men, seamen, ordinary seamen who have families, riggers, and naval mechanics out of employ will engage in this service." -- Excerpt from an 1814 recruiting notice describing the type of men who joined the Flotilla
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