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The burning of Washington : the British invasion of 1814 /

In the hot and humid summer of 1814 British troops completed a fifty-mile march to capture the young American capital, putting to rout along the way pitiful citizen militiamen (some in winter gear, others barefoot) while President James Madison rode out of town to safety. Among those remaining, a re...

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Main Author: Pitch, Anthony.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, 2000, ©1998.
Series:Bluejacket books
Subjects and Genres:
1814
Washington (D.C.) > History > Capture by the British, 1814.
Washington (D.C.)
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Call Number: UDC E 356 .W3 P49 2000
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