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Title: America, from discovery in 1942 to the present time
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Boyd, James P(enny) (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Mansfield, Ohio, Estill & co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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the Americans destroyedthe fort and recrossed to the New York side of the river. The American Army of the North, on the line of LakeChamplain, had been reduced to 1500, by reason of reinforce-ments sent to General Brown. This small force was at Platts-burg, under commandof General Macomb. General Prevostmarched to attack Plattsburg, with an army of 14,000 men.Both Americans and British had constructed a small fleet on LakeChamplain, and the British fleet was to co-operate with Pre-vosts land attack. The American fleet was commanded byCommodore McDonough. The British fleet began the attackon McDonough, Sept. ii, and after a fierce engagement ofseveral hours, every British vessel surrendered. Prevost attackedPlattsburg by land with 12,000 men, on the same day, but wasbadly defeated and compelled to retreat toward Canada. Meanwhile the British naval forces had blockaded the wholeNew England coast, had cannonaded Stonington, Conn., and hadcaptured Eastport, Machias and Belfast, in Maine.
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PERRYS VICTORY ON LAKE ERIE, 464 PRESIDENTS AND ADMINISTRATIONS. Maryland, too, was invaded, in August, by a British fleet inthe Patuxent and by 5000 land troops under General Ross, whodefeated the Americans at Bladensburg, captured Washington,burned the Capitol, Presidents House, and other public buildings,and then beat a hasty retreat to the fleet. On Sept. 12 the British fleet landed General Ross with 8000soldiers at North Point. He marched for Baltimore, and waskilled in an engagement seven miles from the city. The Amer-ican forces, under General Strieker, fell back behind the defencesof Baltimore. While Ross was advancing, the British fleetbombarded Fort McHenry, a few miles below Baltimore, butfinally withdrew, with the land forces, on Sept. 14. The Creek and Seminole Indians of Florida had been againstirred to hostilities by British emissaries, and had attempted tocapture Fort Morgan, below Mobile. General Jackson marchedwith 2000 Tennesseans to Mobile, and thence to Pensacola,

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