<p >In the early morninghours of May 3, 1813, British Rear Admiral George Cockburn launched a brutalattack on the city of Havre de Grace, Maryland. Without mercy for age orinfirmity, the British troops plundered and torched much of the town. It wasthe beginning of the Chesapeake Campaign of the War of 1812, and it would onlyend with the burning of the capital and the failed siege of Baltimore. AuthorHeidi Glatfelter traces the attack and the response of the residents of Havrede Grace—from the bravery displayed by John O’Neill, who was taken prisoner bythe British, to quick-thinking citizens such as Howes Goldsborough, who foundways to save their homes and those of their neighbors from total destruction.Join Glatfelter as she reveals the stories of a town under siege and acommunity determined to rebuild in the aftermath. </p><p ></p><p ></p>