War of 1812 Travel Map & Guide
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Exhibits and interpretation on site: er R 16 iv Indian Head 301 10515 Mackall Road, St. Leonard,i MD; 410-586-8501; www.jefpat.org 9 113 ve 313 R Gun Battery Site CHARLES Holland r Huntingtown 5 Cliff (original site) Sotterley Plantation — Sotterley was a mustering site for militia coming 1812 381 e The Reserve Site to the aid of the U.S. Chesapeake Flotilla in June 1814. Many slaves k Millsboro co 225 Dares Beach escaped from the plantation during that summer to join the British. anti Godsgrace Visitors can see the existing slave cabin and the beautifully restored N Port Oldfields Prince Frederick Laurel La Plata Plantation Colonial Revival plantation house at Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Tobacco Hughesville Chapel Maxwell Site Prince Frederick Cambridge Hall Hollywood,iver MD; 301-373-2280; www.sotterley.org Patuxent Courthouse nk R Sharptown 6 pta City 231 ho Chaptico — 5 Hallowing C British forces conducted a raid at Chaptico where many e 16 50 Point tl houses as well as the wharf and tobacco sheds were destroyed and the 331 it L Christ Episcopal Church damaged. Rt. 234, St. Mary’s County. 6 Chapel Charlotte Hall Benedict P www.christepiscopalchaptico.org Point o Sheridan St. Leonard 16 Vienna 425 r 264 t 6 Leonardtown — British troops attacked Leonardtown. Interpretive 13 Point T o P signage at Leonardtown Wharf Public Park. N b a Calverton a a t Taney Place www.somd.com/leonardtown n c u A c j 301 x 50 q e o e St. Leonard’s Town (original site) R u m i Nanjemoy R n Lower Marlboro — A British force occupied the town June 15 to June a a t 265 o i k Fort Hill Site p e C y v Coles Landing R 95 e 16, 1814. Historic marker on site, at the end of Rt. 262. p e r i r a e C r v Broomes Island C h e e 335 r r k d a e r Maxwell Hall — Local tradition claims that Maxwell Hall served e n a k n n 224 o as a temporary headquarters for the British during their march on o ST. MARY’S e c L k 17 234 t. Washington. Historic marker on site, located near Patuxent, Charles W Sotterley S R ico Jefferson Patterson County. iv m Plantation www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=28317 er 1 ic Park & Museum o Newburg Chaptico Cove Point R St. Leonard* — Interpretive signage about the St. Leonard Town Site otom i 50 P ac Creek Lower Cedar v and the First Battle of St. Leonard Creek from June 8 to 10, 1814, and e 5 Point r 235 H Salisbury the Second Battle of St. Leonard Creek on June 26, 1814. Pt. Patience o Scotch n Solomons g Clements Neck Site Solomonsa — This island was called Somervell’s Island duringFishing War of 238 R r 245 1812. www.solomonsmaryland.com Bay e Calvert Rousby Hall i v iv Fredericksburg e 349 Marine Museum Battle of r Tudor Hall (Leonardtown) — y Home of Phillip Key which now houses 218 R a Cedar Point B the St. May’s County Historical Society. Interpretive panel and exhibit. e Leonardtown Carroll s Cedar Point Woodland ’ k t n 243 4 Plantation Site www.stmaryshistory.org o r Point e c 242 e m Patuxent River i e 13 Tudor Hall t v l Calvert Marine Museum (Solomons) — The museum displays artifacts i C Naval Air Museum n Cobb t Lexington 205 R n recovered from one of the vessels of the U.S. Chesapeake Flotilla scuttled i Bay a 12 Island a on Park S ret 5 on August 22, 1814, on the Patuxent River, as well as an electric map of N B e St. Clement’s Bay the British invasion route up the river. For hours and fees, visit k Breton Bay Great Mills Textile o St. Clement’s www.calvertmarinemuseum.com er Factory Site Great Mills 235 v m 301 Island Museum i o R c 5 Linden House, Prince Frederick* — On July 19, 1814, the British o o St. Clement’s Island S Hooper Strait ic Mulberry ai burned the Calvert County Courthouse, the jail, and a tobacco P State Park nt m Field M co warehouse. www.calverthistory.org i P a W 113 249 r Porto y o s St. Mary’s City to Bello R Patuxent River Naval Air Museum* — The museum features an exhibit 363 i This map shows the extent to which local m v Port Royal e r on the Battle of Cedar Point, the first naval skirmish in Maryland. The propertyMap owners were impactedLegend by the War of 1812. a c museum presents the story of naval aviation research and development at M R St. Inigoes Manor Site Naval Air Station Patuxent River. For hours visit http://paxmuseum.com a Raid or other harassment of citizens by British soldiers t iv St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church ta e * Interpretive signage coming in 2012 p Skirmish between British and American troops r in oni it anok River Snow Hill ra M t St. Jerome Creek S Battle between British and American troops d n R a 1 Mustering sites, camps, look-outs ll i St. George Island o v H e 413 13 r The following symbols designate locations that are publicly accessible, 202 Bowling and where you can go to learn more about the events of 1814: d Green Visitor destination 1812 site with interpretation n R u a Pocomoke City o Interpretive signage on site, includes highway markers p 3 p 17 S a er ico Riv h Yecom Point Lookout a 95 1812 interpretation/not an 1812 historic site r n State Park e n i o Visitor Information Centers g c k n Chesapeake a Crisfield 207 Cove ghts Wri T r North R e v i i R Smith Island v 360 e n r a o C k e e r Bay C l l Po u comoke River H y Tappahannock err 301 F ger 360 L n it e 644 tl s Chincoteague e s W a ico P mi co River Great W 3 icomi d co Riv er n u o Beasly Bay S 360 e R k 13 ap 200 Tangier o 30 pa Island om tank h c ka a o n n P la n P o c M k 301 P a u tt 17 m R u a p 354 n k i oni e y v e r R Accomac 2 i v 30 R r Kilmarnock e r ve River i i v R e r n a Onancock m to o 3 rr ts B Urbanna o Flee ay C 360 295 64 N N a n d u a 13 Creek A Ch ick 33 ah om in y R E ive r Belle Haven ohannock Cr 33 3 Occ P la 64 nk 64 ata er C Richmond 17 nk iv 30 R Exmore 95 5 198 r O 60 C 895 ox ad saw as Diascund Creek N Reservoir 14 14 C N o r rth C R s ar i W v g I 1 a e n r r e u 301 H R i Y v e 14 r o r k T ck B C ja ay h b i o c k M a 60 17 N Jam h 13 es River o R 5 m 64 et i i nl n v I e y e on Williamsburg t s A r ry er h R C i v e r Petersburg 295 31 L 10 156 T 460 C A ob 105 ha m Bay J a 95 m e s 64 17 85 R i 10 ve 60 r Hampton l ne North un T ge rid 664 B Newport ay B Smithfield News e 460 k a e p a s e 258 h C 0 5 10 15 20 24 Km 13 r Portsmouth e v i 64 0 5 10 15 Mi R 17 ond 58 em s 44 n a N r Virginia Beach Winsor e v i Suffolk R 264 h et b a z Chesapeakeli 95 258 E 460 13 58 What role did Southern Visit the places where history Maryland play in the war? was made during the War of 1812 ounded by the Chesapeake Bay on the the British blockaded the Patuxent.