The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-10-01
Cory Of Il letter from Lieutenant Colonel
-11naStesd, 70 the &cc'y Of liar, dated

Fort M'liciiy, Sept. 2ith, 1914
severe indspositon the effect of great FATIGUE and
exposure has prevented me heretofore from p,senfi,
YOU with an account ofthe attack on this post On Tie
night o saturday the lOth inst. the British feet c:n-
ssg OF siis otthelne, heavy licatcs, 4 bomb vessels
appeared amounting ia the whole To- 30 saiI at lac otl,
OF the river Psiapsco, with every indication Of an MI
tempt ON tho city OF Baltimore. NV own force consis
tcd oil one company Of L. = atill nv under ca,,tan
Evans, and two companies 0sc;l-tencbles under cants
Banlnlry and Addison. OF these three companies 50
men were unfortunately the sick list; and uuGt ,,r
duty had been furnished with two commands c ~
'nntcer artillery from the city Of Baltimore under
captain Berry and Lieut.. Commandment Pennineto,,
10 these must add another very fine ennf,anv ri "A.
Inntecr uilliCIi,ts, under Judge Nicholson who lad
proifetd ther services 10 aid IN The defence Of tbs most
whenever an attack might be apIrehened ami ,dso..
detachment from commodore Bar news GotIia under
ldeuterant Ecdman. Brig. General Wid,I had also
furnished me with about six Hundred rG,nfi, nnd.r
Tie command OF Lieutenant Colonel Ste .art and Ms
JT Lane, consisting of dctachmerts from the Igf,.
llth, 56th, and S3h Regis of L. 5. troops-be Tori
amounting to about 1000 effective Mon
, Oh monday morning very early. it was perceived
ti't the enemy was landing on Tie side OF the Pr
tapseo distant about ten mites. During tat tlsy and
the ensuing hight, he hal brought sixteen sI,rs (ip-
eudnghve boinb shps) wihn about two miles and AN
h"li ct thus Tort lhadaTangcd NV force follows The
regular aitlerIss under captain Evans. aud the va
i"n,eeTs Under captain Nicholson manned the bastons
IN the star Fort Captains Bunsburv's Ad,BsnPq
fctlnIans, Eerrys and Lieut.. Commandant Penninp1
tOi commands were stationed on the lower works,
aud the infantry under Lieutenant Colonel Stewart and
Mayor Lane w the outer ditch 10 meet the uen,,.
athis landing, should hesttempt one.
Oh TUESDAY mofnng alo'd sunrise the enemy com.
ncnccd the attack from lis FIVE bomb vessels A the
p'ta'fe oiabout twomlcs. when finding that lis shells
reached ms, heaRcorcd and kcut az au inesss.r, o,
welitlTeeted hombarlmer. Weinrne,IiateIv opened
Our batteries, andkept up brisk fire from our ons
ana tnofaiS, but unfortunately our shot and sLes MI
ic considerably short him This was to me. a n,of
distressing circumstance as il left ne eSlreed too c,
sthnt and tremendous shower Of shells, w1font t,e
most remote possibility OF our doing him te .l;e,r
Is "lniy' u affords me be highest qualification TO
"fe that altlo were ieli thus exposed and tLu IN
"'.ve, not msn s',runk from he conflict
Hbcu' e'ock, r. ". ore NJ u,e % Founders o., tl,e
so'ih west htst0n Under tie Immediate ,mnu,snd If
captain Nicholson, ws dsmonnted BY she'll The ev1
plosiou from which Killed his ecc6-d fiep,,nsr, t
"on"'eo several n bis men; the hustle, necessarily
pro'iuced IN removing the wounded audrenounto, ne
g'h 'roiHiy induced the cacmv ~ snspr~t r,,t va
-'r' ~ lite ~ eoaisVn, a. he Drought IN three .