The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2

CHAPTER XI.

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Cost of transportation to the northern frontier -- English fleet on our coast -- Chesapeake blockaded -- Blockade of the whole coast -- Cockburn attacks Frenchtown -- Burns Havre De Grace -- Attacks Georgetown and Frederickstown -- Arrival of British reinforcements -- Attack on Craney Island -- Barbarities committed in Hampton -- Excitement caused by these outrages -- Commodore Hardy blockades the northern coast -- Torpedoes -- Hostile attitude of Massachusetts -- Remonstrances of its legislature -- Feeling of the people, 257