Joshua Barney and the Chesapeake Bay Flotilla
A Documentary History

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Overview of War of 1812

Joshua Barney and the Defense of the Chesapeake

Joshua Barney’s Defense Proposal, 4 July 1813
William Jones to Joshua Barney, 20 August 1813
William Jones to Joshua Barney, 27 August 1813
Joshua Barney to William Jones, 31 August 1813
William Jones to Joshua Barney, 2 September 1813

Recruiting for Barney’s Flotilla
Barney’s Flying Squadron Takes Shape
Barney Confronts Manpower Shortages and Inferior Vessels
British Occupy Tangier Island and Recruit Blacks
British Strategy
Battle of Cedar Point, 1 June 1814
British Divert Strength to Crush the Flotilla
Engagements at St. Leonard’s Creek, 8-10 June 1814
Jones Reassesses the Flotilla’s Fate
Recall of British Blockading Force
Engagement at St. Leonard’s Creek, 26 June 1814
Flotilla’s Strategy in July 1814
British Diversions along the Patuxent and Potomac Rivers
Barney and Jones Plot Their Strategy, August 1814
British Destroy Flotilla
Flotillamen at the Battle of Bladensburg, 24 August 1814
Denouement of Chesapeake Bay Flotilla


Biographies


Joshua Barney
Robert Barrie
Alexander F. I. Cochrane
George Cockburn
William Jones


Chronologies


War of 1812
Joshua Barney’s flotilla
Joshua Barney's life


Maps & Images


Maps

Chesapeake Bay
Potomac and Patuxent Rivers
Battle of Cedar Point, 1 June 1814
Battle of St. Leonard’s Creek, 10 June 1814
Barrie’s Raids on the Patuxent
Battle of St. Leonard’s Creek, 26 June 1814
Nourse’s Raids on the Patuxent
Cockburn’s Raids on the Potomac

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Joshua Barney
George Cockburn

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Battle of St. Leonard’s Creek


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