Downtown in Baltimore, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

The Battle Monument

Part of the Inscription on Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, September 23, 2007

1. Part of the Inscription on Monument

Inscription.
Battle
of North Point
12th September A.D. 1814
and of the Independence
of the United States
the thirty ninth.

Bombardment
of Fort McHenry,
13th September A.D. 1814
and of the Independence
of the United States
the thirty-ninth.

James Lowry Donaldson, Adjt. 27th Reg. • Gregorius Andre, Lieut. 1st Rifle Battalion. • Levi Clagett, 3rd Lieut. in Nicholson’s Artillerists. • J. Clemm. • J. Haubert. • J. Wallace. • E. Marriot. • J. Armstrong. • B. Bond. • C. Bell. • H. G. McComas. • J. C. Byrd. • D. Wells. • B. Neale. • D. Howard. • A. Randall. • J. Gregg. • A. Maas. • T. V. Beeston. • J. Jephson. • J. H. Marriot of John. • W. Ways. • J. Richardson. • C. Cox. • T. Garrett. • W. McClellan. • M. Desk. • J. K. Cox. • B. Reynols. • U. Prosser. • R. K. Cooksey. • J. Evans. • G. Jenkins. • W. Alexander. • J. Burneston. • P. Byard. • G. Fallier. • J. Dunn. • J. Craig. • J. Merriken. • I. Woolf.

Erected 1815 by Citizens of Baltimore.

Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War of 1812. A significant historical date for this entry is September 12, 1814.

Location. 39° 17.434′ N,

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76° 36.739′ W. Monument is in Baltimore, Maryland. It is in Downtown. It is at the intersection of North Calvert Street and Fayette Street, in the median on North Calvert Street. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 26 N Calvert St, Baltimore MD 21202, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in Central Maryland.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic

and in the Chesapeake Bay Region.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A different marker also named The Battle Monument (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named The Battle Monument (a few steps from this marker); Discover Baltimore: The Monumental City (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named The Equitable Building (a few steps from this marker); Old Post Office

Bombardment of Fort McHenry image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, September 27, 2015

2. Bombardment of Fort McHenry

(within shouting distance of this marker); Baltimore City Courthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); The Munsey Building (within shouting distance of this marker); The Lenore (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baltimore.

Another marker is no longer nearby. The Equitable Building (was a few steps from this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

More about this monument. Monument stands 52 feet high. Statue representing Baltimore is approx. 8½ feet high. The monument was designed by architect J. Maximilian M. Godefroy (c.1770–c.1837). Antonio Capellano was the sculptor of the female figure, the four griffins, and the reliefs.

The Battle Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, September 23, 2007

3. The Battle Monument

The Battle Monument Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Line of Battle 1816 engraving, 1816

4. The Battle Monument Marker

It looked just as you see it here on this 1816 engraving from the Philadelphia Port Folio of that year.

Plaque at base of monument installed in 1914. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, September 23, 2007

5. Plaque at base of monument installed in 1914.

This Monument was erected by the citizens of Baltimore under the management of the Committee of Vigilance and Safety in honor of the gallant defenders of this City and Nation who fell in the Battle of North Point and during the bombardment of Fort McHenry September 12 and 13, 1814. The corner-stone was laid on the first anniversary of the Battle, September 12, 1815, by Edward Johnson, Mayor * Maj. Gen. Samuel Smith * Brig. Gen. John Stricker * Lieut. Col. George Armistead.

<i>Court House and Battle Monument, Baltimore, Md.</i> image. Click for full size.

circa 1930

6. Court House and Battle Monument, Baltimore, Md.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 24, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 24, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 9,555 times since then and 71 times this year. Last updated on October 20, 2024. Photos: 1. submitted on September 24, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. 2. submitted on September 29, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. 3. submitted on September 24, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. 4. submitted on February 10, 2009, by Randolph E Slaff of Canton, Georgia. 5. submitted on September 24, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. 6. submitted on September 29, 2015. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.