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Photographer: Public Domain Art
Caption: Bombardment of Fort McHenry
Additional Description: "A VIEW of the BOMBARDMENT of Fort McHenry, near Baltimore, by the British fleet taken from the Observatory under the Command of Admirals Cochrane & Cockburn on the morning of the 13th of Sept 1814 which lasted 24 hours & thrown from 1500 to 1800 shells in the Night attempted to land by forcing a passage up the ferry branch but were repulsed with great loss."
Submitted: February 27, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
Database Locator Identification Number: p301396
File Size: 0.116 Megabytes

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