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The Baltimore Fencibles: 1813-1815:
This independent artillery company of 64 officers and men was attached to the 1st Regiment, Maryland Volunteer Artillery, which was part of the 3rd Brigade of the 3rd Division of Maryland Militia.
The four officers of this citizen-soldier company occupied this room in the summer of 1814. They represented the elite of Baltimore's mercantile society and were well trained in the use of artillery. Many of the company had invested in the profitable privateer and maritime trades and stood to lose a great deal should the British capture the city. They all knew what had happened to Washington DC when the British had captured it in August.
"Let us act with one heart, and one hand; let us show to an admiring world, that however we may differ among ourselves about some of our internal concerns, yet in the great cause of our country, the American people are animated by one soul and one spirit."
-- Captain Joseph Nicholson, Baltimore Fencibles |