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Rear Admiral George Cockburn Had Commanded The Squadron In Chesapeake Bay Since The Previous Year On June 25 He Wrote To Cochrane Stressing That The Defenses There Were Weak And He Felt That Several Major Cities Were Vulnerable To Attack. Cochrane Suggested Attacking Baltimore Washington And Philadelphia On July 17 Cockburn Recommended Washington As The Target Because Of The Comparative Ease Of Attacking The National Capital And "the Greater Political Effect Likely To Result". General Ross Commanded A 4,500-man Army Composed Of The 4th (King's Own) Light 21st Royal North British Fusiliers 44th (East Essex) Regiment Of Foot And 85th Regiment Of Foot
When they ultimately returned to Bermuda the British forces took with them two pairs of portraits of King George III and his wife Queen Charlotte which had been discovered in one of the public buildings One pair currently hangs in the House of Assembly of the Parliament of Bermuda and the other in the Cabinet Building both in the city of Hamilton. President James Madison military officials and his government fled the city in the wake of the British victory at the Battle of Bladensburg They eventually found refuge for the night in Brookeville a small town in Montgomery County Maryland which is known today as the "United States Capital for a Day" President Madison spent the night in the house of Caleb Bentley a Quaker who lived and worked in Brookeville Bentley's house known today as the Madison House still stands in Brookeville. . While slaves' living conditions were poor by modern standards Robert Fogel argued that all workers free or slave during the first half of the 19th century were subject to hardship.
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