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Primary Sources
Periodicals
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Secondary Sources
How do you learn more about people who lived and died around 1814?
What has been written about the Battle of Baltimore and the Chesapeake Campaign?
- War of 1812 in Maryland Timeline - NPS
- Maryland in the War of 1812
- Emmons, Richard. Defence of Baltimore, and Death of General Ross. W. Emmons, 1831.
- Gleig, George Robert. A narrative of the campaigns of the British army, at Washington, Baltimore, and New Orleans, under Generals Ross, Pakenham & Lambert, in the years 1814 and 1815; with some account of the countries visited. Philadelphia, M. Carey & Sons, 1821.
- Hawkins, Archibald. The Life and Times of Hon. Elijah Stansbury, an “Old Defender” and ex-Mayor of Baltimore. Baltimore, Printed by J. Murphy & Co., 1874.
- Hickman, Nathaniel, ed. The citizen soldiers at North Point and Fort McHenry, September 12 & 13, 1814. Resolves of the citizens in town meeting, particulars relating to the battle, official correspondence and honorable discharge of the troops Baltimore, N. Hickman [J. Young, printer], [1858].
- Marine, William. The British Invasion of Maryland, 1812-1815. Baltimore: Society of War of 1812 in Maryland, 1913.
How do you put Baltimore in the context of 1814?
Wikipedia is a useful resource for general information related to this period. Useful articles include:
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