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3 unusual facts about Chesapeake Bay Flotilla


Chesapeake Bay Flotilla

On 19 August 1814, the Flotilla left St. Leonard’s Creek and sailed north up the Patuxent River.

The Turtle Shell was lying in the main river channel near Wayson's Corner, and covered by five feet of mud, the ship was well preserved, although it appeared the bow was torn off in an explosion.

Corps of Colonial Marines

After the British failed to destroy the American Chesapeake Bay Flotilla at the Battle of St. Jerome Creek, they conducted coastal raids on the towns of Calverton, Huntingtown, Prince Frederick, Benedict and Lower Marlborough.



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