Research Catalog

Title

A travel guide to the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake : eighteen tours in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia / Ralph E. Eshelman.

Author

Eshelman, Ralph E.

Publication

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.

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Details

Description

284 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.

Summary

Welcome to War of 1812 tidewater country. It is here, in the waters and on the shores of the Chesapeake that Americans fought to preserve their recently won independence from the British. From Maryland to Virginia to the District of Columbia, this guidebook points readers to the war's important battlefields and historic sites.

Series Statement

Johns Hopkins books on the War of 1812

Uniform Title

Johns Hopkins books on the War of 1812.

Alternative Title

War of 1812 in the Chesapeake

Subject

• 1800-1899
• Historic sites > Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) > Guidebooks
• Historic sites > Maryland > Guidebooks
• Historic sites > Virginia > Guidebooks
• Historic sites > Washington (D.C.) > Guidebooks
• United States > History > Campaigns > War of 1812
• Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) > History, Military > 19th century
• Maryland > History > War of 1812
• Virginia > History > War of 1812
• Washington (D.C.) > History > Capture by the British, 1814

Genre/Form

• Guidebooks
• History
• Military history

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-270) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Historic route tours. British Invasion tour (Maryland) ; Battle of Bladensburg tour (Maryland) ; Saving the Declaration of Independence tour (District of Columbia, Virginia) ; First Family flight tour (District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland) ; Battle of North Point tour (Maryland) -- Historic city, town, and regional tours. Maryland. Annapolis and U.S. Naval Academy tour ; Baltimore tour ; Southern Maryland tour ; Maryland Eastern Shore tour ; Head of the Chesapeake tour ; Frederick tour -- Virginia. Alexandria tour ; Greater Norfolk tour ; Richmond and Petersburg tour ; Tappahannock tour ; Central Virginia tour ; Other tidewater Virginia sites -- District of Columbia. Washington, D.C., tour -- Appendixes. A, Suggested walks ; B, Suggested bicycling areas ; C, Canoe, kayak, and small boating areas ; D, Boat excursions.

ISBN

• 9780801898365 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 9780801892356 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 9780801898372 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0801898366 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 080189235X (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 0801898374 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2010022519

OCLC

• 639521049
• SCSB-11114085

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library