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John Stricker
Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: September 5, 2015
Caption: John Stricker
Additional Description: This 1817 portrait of General John Stricker by Rembrandt Peale hangs in the Maryland Historical Society Museum in Baltimore, Maryland.

“General John Stricker was a seasoned veteran of the American Revolution when he became the hero of the Battle of North Point on September 12, 1814. Major General Samuel Smith, overall commander of the defense of Baltimore. dispatched Stricker with approximately 3,200 men to block the enemy's overland advance from North Point. The Battle of North Point lasted about two hours until the British outflanked Stricker's left and the Americans retreated in an orderly fashion to the city's main defenses at Hampstead Hill.” — Maryland Historical Society
Submitted: September 7, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p327593
File Size: 2.181 Megabytes

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