Qualla: Battle of North Point https://qualla.com/battle-of-north-point en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:08 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/c/w/battle-of-north-point-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of North Point https://qualla.com/battle-of-north-point Battle of North Point: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-north-point/ Photo credit Benson Lossing, Public domain. Three weeks after he had burned the White House and the Capitol, Major General Robert Ross was dead. He was killed by a Maryland militia rifleman somewhere on the wooded peninsula between the Patapsco and Back Rivers on the morning of September 12, 1814, near the small road his army was marching up toward Baltimore. The men who fired the shot may have been Daniel Wells and Henry McComas, two teenage privates from a Baltimore militia company, who were themselves killed in the same opening skirmish. The Americans were eventually driven from the field. They retreated in good order back toward the main defenses on Hampstead Hill. But they had killed Ross, demoralized his veterans of Wellington's Peninsular Army, and delayed the British advance by a critical day. The Battle of North Point did not, on its face, look like an American victory. Without it, the British would have taken Baltimore.

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]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/c/w/battle-of-north-point-wp/dqcw-battle-of-north-point-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of North Point: After Washington https://qualla.com/battle-of-north-point/ Photo credit RedHackle, CC BY-SA 4.0. Ross had been sent to the Chesapeake early in 1814 with a brigade of veterans pulled from the Duke of Wellington's army in Europe, reinforced by a battalion of Royal Marines. His mission was to harass the American coast and pressure the U.S. government in any way that might force...

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]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/c/w/battle-of-north-point-wp/dqcw-battle-of-north-point-after-washington.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of North Point: Smith's Defenses https://qualla.com/battle-of-north-point/ Photo credit RedHackle, CC BY-SA 4.0. Major General Samuel Smith of the Maryland militia, who had been preparing Baltimore's defenses for months, anticipated the British landing. He dispatched Brigadier General John Stricker with five regiments of militia, a small cavalry contingent, three rifle companies, and a six-...

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]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/c/w/battle-of-north-point-wp/dqcw-battle-of-north-point-smiths-defenses.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of North Point: The Skirmish That Killed Ross https://qualla.com/battle-of-north-point/ Photo credit RedHackle, CC BY-SA 4.0. Around midday Stricker learned that the British had halted for a meal. Some sailors attached to the column were plundering nearby farms. He decided to provoke a fight rather than wait for a possible British night attack. At 1 p.m. he sent Major Richard Heath with 250 men and one ...

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]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/c/w/battle-of-north-point-wp/dqcw-battle-of-north-point-the-skirmish-that-killed-ross.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of North Point: The Main Engagement https://qualla.com/battle-of-north-point/ Photo credit RedHackle, CC BY-SA 4.0. Brooke reorganized the column and assaulted Stricker's main line at 3 p.m. The fighting lasted about an hour. The British had superior numbers and superior discipline; the Americans had earthworks, terrain, and one cannon they refused to lose. Casualties were heavy on both sides....

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