{"id":657,"date":"2012-05-01T21:15:20","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T02:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mldixon.com\/historyblog\/?p=657"},"modified":"2012-05-01T21:15:20","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T02:15:20","slug":"an-old-man-recalled-the-british-attack-on-fredericktown-and-georgetown-during-war-of-1812","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/an-old-man-recalled-the-british-attack-on-fredericktown-and-georgetown-during-war-of-1812\/","title":{"rendered":"An Old Man Recalled the British Attack on Fredericktown and Georgetown During War of 1812"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/delmarvahistory.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/war-of-1812-hdg.jpg?resize=249%2C376\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"376\" \/>In constructing the annals of a time when harrowing warfare came to communities all along the Chesapeake Bay I\u2019ve\u00a0 spent lots of time searching for long forgotten manuscripts and newspapers that were penned long ago.\u00a0 These <a href=\"http:\/\/cecilcounty.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/09\/opening-a-window-on-history-a-letter-provides-a-personal-glimpse-on-the-war-of-1812\/\">aging letters<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/delmarvahistory.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/15\/searching-for-the-first-draft-of-history-lessons-about-the-war-of-1812-in-stacks-of-old-newspapers\/\">newspaper accounts<\/a>, diaries and other sources from everyday people open a window on history, providing glimpses of those terrifying times.\u00a0\u00a0I\u2019ve found these items stashed deeply away in archives and stored in trunks in someone\u2019s attics.\u00a0 Here is one from the <em>Chestertown Transcript<\/em>in 1887.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Kennard, an African-American living in Still Pond (Kent County), passed away in 1887 at the age of 94.\u00a0 Born well before the Civil War tore the nation apart, he had been a slave, the property of Christopher Fields.\u00a0 When the 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fear was rampant as people prepared to meet their fate at the hands of the invaders.\u00a0 In the confusion, the local militia in danger of being captured, retreated from the field.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen attempted to fire his old piece without success, and as the British marched on the defenders he decided to make his way back across the river in his old boat, in order to return home.\u00a0\u00a0 While rowing across the water, one of the British barges captured him, the victorious party carrying the young man with them to Georgetown.<\/p>\n<p>There he witnessed the firing of the village by the invaders.\u00a0 \u201cHe saw a beautiful woman . . . promenading arm and arm, with the commanding officer.\u201d\u00a0 The lady was Miss Kitty Knight and by her request the house at the top of the hill and the one adjoining it was spared the torch.\u00a0\u00a0 When the order was given to re-embark, Stephen leveraged that confusion to his advantage, slipping away from the troops and making his way home 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