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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: September 5, 2015
Caption: Assembling of the Troops or the Defense of Baltimore
By Thomas Ruckle, 1814
Additional Description: This 1814 painting by Thomas Ruckle hangs in the Maryland Historical Society Museum in Baltimore, Maryland.

”Irish-born War of 1812 veteran, Thomas Ruckle, Sr. began his career as a house and sign painter, as well as a glazier. At the outbreak of the war, he enlisted as a corporal in Captain George H. Stuart's Washington Blues, 5th Maryland Regiment. Ruckle participated in the Battle of North Point on September 12, 1814 and translated his experience into this painting that depicts the troops gathering in what is now Patterson Park.” — Maryland Historical Society Museum
Submitted: December 18, 2016, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p372480
File Size: 1.383 Megabytes

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