A View of the Bombardment of Fort McHenry

A View of the Bombardment of Fort McHenry

Baltimore
Bombardment
American History
Engraving
Forts

A view of the bombardment of Fort McHenry, near Baltimore, by the British fleet, taken from the observatory under the command of Admirals Cochrane and Cockburn on the morning of the 13th of September 1814 which lasted 24 hours, and threw from 1500 to 1800 shells in the night, attempted to land by forcing a passage up the ferry branch but were repulsed with great loss

Bower, John, artist

approximately 1819; re engraved approximately 1905

Pubic Domain
Courtesy of Library of Congress
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