. American history:. and a considerable number of men 1§14. followinor nigiit em- 1 In. the vi-ciiu tjj of hall iniore. a. Se; Map,bi low. b. Sept 13. 2. Attack on ForeMcHenry. Sept. 13, 14. 3. There-treat- c. Sept. 14. 4 The. war on the coast of yew £«s~ land. d. Aug. 9, IC,n, 12. 5. First move-tnents of theBritish at thesoutii, du-ring tfiiiyear. VICINITT OF BALTIMORE. * The Patapsco River enters Chesapeake Bay fromthe , about eighty-five milea N. from the uiouthofthe Potomac. (See Map.) t .^■■i McHenry is on the W. side of the entrance toBaltiiuore Harbor, about two miles below the city
. American history:. and a considerable number of men 1§14. followinor nigiit em- 1 In. the vi-ciiu tjj of hall iniore. a. Se; Map,bi low. b. Sept 13. 2. Attack on ForeMcHenry. Sept. 13, 14. 3. There-treat- c. Sept. 14. 4 The. war on the coast of yew £«s~ land. d. Aug. 9, IC,n, 12. 5. First move-tnents of theBritish at thesoutii, du-ring tfiiiyear. VICINITT OF BALTIMORE. * The Patapsco River enters Chesapeake Bay fromthe , about eighty-five milea N. from the uiouthofthe Potomac. (See Map.) t .^■■i McHenry is on the W. side of the entrance toBaltiiuore Harbor, about two miles below the city. (SeeMap.) t The village of Stonington, atta<:ked by the enemy,is on a peninsula extending into the Sound,twelve miles E. from New London. § Fort Bou-t/ir, now called Fort Morgan, is on Mobilepoint, on the E. side of the entrance to Mobile Bay, thirtymiles S. from Mobile. II Mobile, in Alabama, is on the W. side of the river of the game name, near its entranceInto Mobile Bay. (Sec Map, p. 456.) 59. 4GG THE UNITED STATES. [Book II, ANALYSIS in killed and wounded, tlie armament returned to Pensa. a. Fort nt- ^Oia. tacked Sep- o. General Jackson, then coiumandinir at tlic South, tomber J- „ , . i • • • i f? i> 1. Morniienta alter havmg remonstrated ni vaui with tlie governor oi{lad^mi^ Pensacola, lor atlbrdiiig shelter and protection to the en-emies of the United States, marched against the place, b. Nov. 7 stormed the town, and compelled the iJritisii to evacuate c. Nov. 8. (|a. Returning to his head-quarters at Mobile, he re- ceived anthontic informatinn that pn^parations were makingfor a formidable invasion of Louisiana, and an attack onNew 3. *He immediately repaired to that city, which hoOrleans, and fouud in a State of confusiou and alarm. By his exertions,adnlfiedb order and confidence were restored ; the militia were or-d Dec ^-izpd ; fortifications were erected ; and, fnially, martiallaw was proclaimed; which, althoug
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