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War of 1812 - Operations Around Washington and Baltimore 1814 and the Battle of Bladensburg 24 August 1814
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1814-08-19/1814-09-17
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The Battle of Bladensburg was a battle of the Chesapeake campaign of the War of 1812, fought on 24 August 1814 at Bladensburg, Maryland, 8.6 miles (13.8 km) northeast of Washington, D.C. Called "the greatest disgrace ever dealt to American arms," a British force of army regulars and Royal Marines routed a combined U.S. force of Regular Army and state militia troops. The American defeat resulted in the capture and burning of Washington, the only time since the American Revolutionary War that the federal capital has fallen to a foreign invader.
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Wikipedia: Battle of Bladensburg
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