August 24, 2009
Washington, DC was captured and burned August 24-25th, 1814.
Illustration: National Archives Identifier 531090
With British troops overwhelming the city “…a retreat was ordered, when the President, who had been on horseback, with the army the whole day, reared from the mortifying scene, and left the city on horseback accompanied by Gen. Mason and Mr. Carroll.” (Baltimore Evening Post – 30 Aug 1814).
Follow your ancestor’s lives through the War of 1812 – read the day’s newspapers as they read them.
Click Here to read the entire account of the attack on Washington, DC in GenealogyBank – Baltimore Evening Post – 30 August 1814.
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