1814 Southern Scenario

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Major General Samual Smith of the Maryland State Militias was in overall command at the time of the British campaign to capture Baltimore, which was one of three attempted invasions of American territory in 1814.

BoA does not supply a General's portrait for Smith, so I used the BoA portrait for William Hull, who attempted to take Fort Detriot in 1812, and therefore does not appear in the 1813 Great Lakes Scenario and is not used in any other scenario.

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William Winder is in command of forces at Washington.

Throughout all of the American garrisons (there is one for each strategic city), there are Trade Goods, and Naval and Miltias stores. The British will receive victory points for destroying or captureing these goods.

At Spanish port garrisons, there are stores of Bullion. The Spasish are Allied with the Creek (Red Stick) Indians, and the British.

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Andrew Jackson is in command of the American forces in Louisiana.

Apart from what is shown below, he also commands Field Guns and Supply Wagons.

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The scenario begins in August of 1814, when elements of the British Fleet, commanded by George Cockburn arrive in Chesapeake Bay.

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Robert Ross is disembarked at Chesapeake Bay advances through the regions of Paxutent and Arundel (Annapolis), to strike Washington and Baltimore.

Cockburn moves the fleet closer to Fort McHenry so it can support the land invasion and bombard the fort.

Winder retreats from Washington to Baltimore, and there is no battle there, but the American forces resist at Baltimore, where the British lose the battle after 2 days of fighting.

The goods and stores at Washington were destroyed by the British.

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In August, a detachment of British Colonial Marines arrive at Pensacola where a small garrison of Spanish miltia and Creek Indians are stationed.

Notice Jean Lafitte is in command at New Orleans, which may mean Jackson is having difficulty activating, which would be surprising.

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Alexander Cochrane suprisingly arrives early with forces from the the British West Indies.

Note that Lafitte (still in command at New Orleans), blunders and only sends a single unit of American regulars to capture Pensacola.

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The Battle of New Orleans was fought from November 8 to November 11 and was initially a stalement. In the end the British prevailed, but John Keane was killed during the battle. Andrew Packenham was in overall command for the British.

Andrew Jackson was in command of the Americans during the battle, but was deprived of a key unit of regulars. Also the British arrived 1 month earlier than expected, and landed their forces immediately, which provoked an immediate attack by the Americans.

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Both the British force at Baltimore and New Orleans took heavy casualties at the hands of American militias in entrenched postitions. And despite holding Pensacola and capturing New Orleans, the British lost the campaign.

A better strategy for the British would be to raid the strategic port towns in Georgia, the Carolinas, and Virginia, where the American militias are not so numerous. These raids would have the advantage of allowing the British to destroy goods and stores along a coastal path of destruction that could be conducted by land or sea.

This strategy would deny the Americans victory points gained by attriting the British forces, and allow the British to gain easy but valuable victory points by simply destroying or capturing goods and stores.

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