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Chesapeake Flotilla:
When the British fleet under Rear Admiral Sir George Cockburn arrived in the Chesapeake Bay during 1813, American forces faced an overwhelming enemy. Former naval officer Joshua Barney suggested opposing the enemy with a fleet of barges of row-galleys. The squadron would guard the bay and harass the enemy in order to delay attacks on important towns. Barney's plan was authorized and he received a captain's commission in the Navy for the Chesapeake campaign's duration. |