quickly-built fortifications at Craney Island blocked a British attempt to seize the Gosport Navy Yard in 1814
Source: Library of Congress, Part of the Province of Virginia (1791)
quickly-built fortifications at Craney Island blocked a British attempt to seize the Gosport Navy Yard in 1814
Source: Library of Congress, Part of the Province of Virginia (1791)
Hoffler's Creek and Craney Island have been transformed since the Battle of Craney Island in 1814
Source: ESRI, ArcGIS Online
the British raided up the Potomac River in 1814, reaching Alexandria after the burning of public buildings in Washington
Source: Perry-Casta馿da Library Map Collection, Campaigns of the War of 1812 ("Historical Atlas" by William R. Shepherd, 1923)
 after the British Army burned public buildings in Washington DC, Alexandria surrendered to a fleet and allowed its warehouses to be looted Source: Architect of the Capitol, British Burn the Capitol, 1814 |