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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J8D_jefferson-patterson-park-museum_Saint-Leonard-MD.html
Enter another world one that had existed in the Chesapeake Bay region long before Europeans came to settle here. Follow this trail to a re-created Native American Village, where you will learn about the Eastern Woodland people who lived here when …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J8C_jefferson-patterson-park-museum_Saint-Leonard-MD.html
Welcome to Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum (JPPM), State Museum of Archaeology, where we explore the changing cultures and environment of the Chesapeake Bay region over the past 12,000 years.
You can investigate the thousands of years of hum…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J8B_weapons-of-war_Saint-Leonard-MD.html
The replica 18-pounder cannon located on the hill is similar to the type used by American forces during the Battle of St. Leonard Creek. "18-pounder" refers to the weight of the cannonballs, which were approximately five inches in diamet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J8A_naval-warfare_Saint-Leonard-MD.html
During the Battles of St. Leonard Creek, the United States Chesapeake Flotilla consisted of the sloop Scorpion armed with four cannon, 13 barges with two cannon each, the one-gun row galley Vigilant, and a lookout boat and two gunboats, each armed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J7C_a-county-in-ruin_Owings-MD.html
British raiding parties brought the war to Calvert County in 1814, destroying plantations and towns and carrying away the spoils. With the county's tobacco-based economy and England as its primary market at the start of the war, Britain's blockade…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J7B_town-ravaged_Owings-MD.html
A British force of about 160 Royal Marines and 30 Colonial Marines (former slaves) took Lower Marlboro on June 15, 1814, without and resistance. Occupying the town overnight, they burned warehouses full of tobacco, stole a schooner, livestock, and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J7A_british-vengeance_Prince-Frederick-MD.html
British forces landed at Hallowing Point July 21, 1814. They took 21 slaves and destroyed the home and barn of Colonel Benjamin Mackall. This was perhaps retaliation for the house being used by Calvert County militia.
"About 300 men landed (…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J79_turning-point_Saint-Leonard-MD.html
The original St. Leonard's Town, at the head of St. Leonard Creek, served as the Chesapeake Flotilla's base in June 1814. The flotilla moved out after intense fighting on June 26, exposing the town to destructive British raids.
The town site suff…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AD6_panic-in-prince-frederick_Prince-Frederick-MD.html
Imagine the horror of a night-time raid!Residents of Prince Frederick must have known they were British targets, as recent raids had already devastated nearby Lower Marlboro, St. Leonard, and Huntingtown. Alarm spread with news of British soldiers…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AD5_warships-and-raids_Huntingtown-MD.html
War vessels passed by here in 1814.The Chesapeake Flotilla, consisting of 50- and 75-foot gun barges, sought safety in shallow waters upstream. British ships hotly pursued, and Americans eventually scuttled the flotilla to keep it from enemy hands…