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The British and Americans first met at the [[Battle of North Point]].<ref name="James321">James, p. 321</ref> Though the Americans retreated, the battle was a successful delaying action that inflicted heavy casualties on the British, halted their advance, and allowed the defenders at Baltimore to prepare for an attack.
The resistance of Baltimore's [[Fort McHenry]] during bombardment by the [[Royal Navy]] inspired [[Francis Scott Key]] to compose the poem "Defence of Fort
Future U.S. president [[James Buchanan]] served as a private in the defense of Baltimore.
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An American lawyer and amateur poet, [[Francis Scott Key]], was on a mercy mission for the release of Dr. [[William Beanes]], a prisoner of the British. Key showed the British letters from wounded British officers praising the care that they received from Dr. Beanes. The British agreed to release Beanes, but Key and Beanes were forced to stay with the British until the attack on Baltimore was over.
Key watched the proceedings from a truce ship in the [[Patapsco River]]. On the morning of the 14th, Key saw the American flag waving above Fort McHenry. Inspired, he began jotting down verses on the back of a letter he was carrying. Key's poem, originally named "Defence
Key's poem was later set to the tune of a British song called "[[To Anacreon in Heaven]]
==See also==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Battle Of Baltimore}}
[[Category:1814 in the United States]]
[[Category:Battles of the War of 1812
[[Category:Military history of Maryland]]
[[Category:Battles of the Chesapeake campaign|Baltimore]]
[[Category:1810s in Baltimore]]
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