clm-raid-dateNeeds review
British forces raided Chaptico, Maryland, on July 30, 1814.
- ↳Propaganda during Wartime · National Park Service
Confidence: high
Research packet · chaptico-1814
Chaptico, July 30, 1814
Local evidence first, attributed interpretation second, reconstruction visibly labeled. Nothing here feeds a script until a person approves the packet.
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Claims
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American account
American accounts of the raid, as described by NPS, portray serious damage and desecration at Christ Church.
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British account
British accounts of the same raid describe it sharply differently from the American reports.
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clm-american-accountContested
American accounts of the raid, as described by NPS, portray serious damage and desecration at Christ Church.
- ↳Propaganda during Wartime · National Park ServiceVerify exact wording and the underlying contemporary accounts
Confidence: medium
clm-british-accountContested
British accounts of the same raid describe it sharply differently from the American reports.
- ↳Propaganda during Wartime · National Park ServiceLocate the British record NPS draws on
Confidence: medium
clm-tobacco-laborNeeds review
Tobacco was Southern Maryland's leading cash crop, and the regional economy depended on the labor of enslaved people and tenant farmers.
- ↳Southern Maryland · National Park Service
Confidence: high
clm-freedom-seekersNeeds review
During the campaign, enslaved people in the region escaped to British lines.
- ↳Southern Maryland · National Park Service
Find named individuals and local records before any scene depicts specific people.
Confidence: high
clm-church-recordNeeds review
Christ Episcopal Church in Chaptico is documented in a Maryland Historical Trust survey file that includes National Register documentation.
- ↳Christ Episcopal Church, Chaptico: survey file · Maryland Historical Trust
Confidence: high
clm-campaign-contextNeeds review
Chaptico's raid took place within the wider 1814 British campaign in the Chesapeake.
- ↳1814 Chesapeake Campaign · National Park Service
Confidence: high