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The Man Who Captured Washington - Major General Robert Ross and the War of 1812 (Hardcover)
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The Man Who Captured Washington - Major General Robert Ross and the War of 1812 (Hardcover)
Series: Campaigns and Commanders Series
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An Irish officer in the British Army, Major General Robert Ross
(1766-1814) was a charismatic leader widely admired for his bravery
in battle. Despite a military career that included distinguished
service in Europe and North Africa, Ross is better known for his
actions than his name: his 1814 campaign in the Chesapeake Bay
resulted in the burning of the White House and Capitol and the
unsuccessful assault on Baltimore, immortalized in ""The Star
Spangled Banner."" The Man Who Captured Washington is the first
in-depth biography of this important but largely forgotten
historical figure. Drawing from a broad range of sources, both
British and American, military historians John McCavitt and
Christopher T. George provide new insight into Ross's career prior
to his famous exploits at Washington, D.C. Educated in Dublin, Ross
joined the British Army in 1789, earning steady promotion as he
gained combat experience. The authors portray him as an ambitious
but humane commanding officer who fought bravely against Napoleon's
forces on battlefields in Holland, southern Italy, Egypt, and the
Iberian Peninsula. Following the end of the war in Europe, while
still recovering from a near-fatal wound, Ross was designated to
lead an ""enterprise"" to America, and in August 1814 he led a
small army to victory in the Battle of Bladensburg. From there his
forces moved to the city of Washington, where they burned public
buildings. In detailing this campaign, McCavitt and George clear up
a number of misconceptions, including the claim that the British
burned the entire city of Washington. Finally, the authors shed new
light on the long-debated circumstances surrounding Ross's death on
the eve of the Battle of North Point at Baltimore. Ross's campaign
on the shores of the Chesapeake lasted less than a month, but its
military and political impact was enormous. Considered an officer
and a gentleman by many on both sides of the Atlantic, the general
who captured Washington would in time fade in public memory. Yet,
as McCavitt and George show, Ross's strategies and achievements
during the final days of his career would shape American defense
policy for decades to come.
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