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The Burning of Washington, also known as the Capture of Washington, was a successful British amphibious attack conducted by Rear-Admiral George Cockburn during Admiral Sir John Warren's Chesapeake campaign.
- August 24, 1814
- British victory
The burning of Washington negatively impacted the British, because when the British arrived in Baltimore, Maryland, on September 13 th, 1814, the British navy was met with a well-defended city. The B attle of Fort McHenry ensued and resulted in an American victory.
The young national capital at Washington, D.C. became the center of the War of 1812 with Great Britain during the summer of 1814. The burning of the public buildings by the British was a humiliating defeat that struck at the symbolic heart of the country.
After spending the winter in Bermuda with his troops, the brash-talking Cockburn returned in February 1814 with his eyes set on Washington, D.C., telling a superior that the city “might be...
20 mag 2019 · On August 24, 1814, at Bladensburg, on the outskirts of Washington, British regulars, many of whom had fought in the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, fought poorly equipped American troops. The fighting at Bladensburg was intense at times.
On August 24, 1814, the advance guard of the British military marched to Capitol Hill; they were too few in number to occupy the city, so Major General Robert Ross intended to destroy as much of it as possible.
On August 24, 1814, the city of Washington, D.C. had heard the distant thunder of battle at Bladensburg all afternoon. When legions of exhausted and retreating American soldiers appeared, concern turned to chaos.
