1 Aug 1814 Jahr - The British capture Washington DC ( Beginning )

Beschreibung:

The British forces, under the command of General Robert Ross, overwhelm American militiamen at the Battle of Bladensburg, Maryland, and march unopposed into Washington, D.C in 1812. President Madison was present at the Battle of Bladensburg and had actually taken command of one of the few remaining American batteries at one point, thus becoming the first and only president to exercise in actual battle. The British Army entered Washington in the afternoon and General Ross and British officers dined that night at the deserted White House. The British troops began setting the city on fire in revenge for the burning of Canadian government buildings by U.S. troops earlier in the war. The White House and a number of other federal buildings were destroyed.