Washington DC August 1814

 

18 - 19 August 1814 General Robert Ross and Admiral George Cockburn landed unopposed at Benedict, Maryland, on August 19, beginning the march that led to the burning of Washington.  

British order of battle for General Ross' army on march towards Washington August 1814

Major General Ross commanding

1st Light Brigade Lt. Col. Thornton commanding

85th Light Infantry Regiment

Light Infantry companies ( 4th,21st,44th, 2/RM, CM)

Rocket Troop

2nd Brigade Col. Brooke

4th Regiment  (Kings Own)

44th Regiment. (East Essex)

3rd Brigade  !t.Col. Patterson

21st Royal North British Fusiliers

2nd Royal Marines

Royal Navy Contingent Read Admiral Cockburn

Sailor battalion

Colonial Marines

Royal Artillery  Captain Mitchell

6 pound field gun

Total strength about 4,500 men

Fort Griswold

 Fort Griswold.  Part of the American Heritage bicentennial series by Troiani.  Note the 40th Regiment of Foot Grenadiers in their white caps.

Guilford Courthouse

Guilford Courthouse from the series in American Heritage magazine.  

Brandywine

 Battle of Brandywine.  Part of the American Heritage bicentennial series by Troiani.

Black Smoke and Sails

A new set of American Civil War Naval rules are out.  I talked with the author at his stand at Historicon.  He explained the rules and advised they were easy to play but realistic.   Having not played them I cannot comment but the rule sets sold out very fast and I missed getting a copy.

What I did get was a number of his excellent models.  These look really nice and have plenty of detail.  I believe they are 3D printed in resin but with some metal parts.  I picked up the USS Kearsarge and the CSS Alabama for my talk in May 2026.  When I returned next day most of the model kits were sold out.  So if nothing else these were very popular.  The models are in 1/450 scale so they are good sized.  Because of there size you will need a good size table to have room to move.  Most ships were about $24 each.

CSS Savannah

Part of the  stand at Historicon

CSS Alabama in the center

CSS Atlanta

USS Weehawken

USS Kearsarge

USS Sassacus and the CSS Albemarle, May 1864