[Ingraham, Edward D.]:

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A SKETCH OF THE EVENTS WHICH PRECEDED THE CAPTURE OF WASHINGTON, BY THE BRITISH, ON THE TWENTY-FOURTH OF AUGUST, 1814. Privately printed account of a critical event in the War of 1812. The first thorough treatment of the battle of Bladensburg and the events that ended in the resignation of General Armstrong. Largely, Ingraham attempts to clear the good name of the American defenders who failed to protect the capital, blaming Armstrong for mismanagement and arguing that a group of hastily convened volunteers could hardly expect to face an army of British regulars in open combat. With an extensive appendix of government documents relating to the event. Outside of his private work as a historian, Ingraham was a U.S. Commissioner in 1854, during which time he decided thirteen cases related to the Fugitive Slave Law - more than nearly anyone in that office from 1850 to 1854.

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