Description: Attack of the HMS Nimrod, Massachusetts, Military, Paperback On the morning of June 13, 1814, the British warship HMS Nimrod" attacked the town of Wareham, Massachusetts. As a center for shipbuilding and iron, Wareham was a perfect target for the British fleet. When the lead barge deceptively appeared with a white flag at its bow, Wareham never suspected anything but a truce and was ill prepared for the attack. A raiding party with six barges and two hundred men burned the town's cotton mill, destroyed its vessels and took its citizens as hostages. When "Nimrod" tried to flee the shores, it ran aground and had to throw its cannons and guns overboard in order to lighten its load and sail away. Wareham was left smoldering in its wake. Follow authors J. North Conway and Jesse Dubuc as they trace the attack from the initial spotting of the British fleet to the discovery of the lost "Nimrod "cannons."
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781626194090
Book Title: Attack of the Hms Nimrod: : Wareham and the War of 1812
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Jesse Dubuc, J. North Conway
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), United States / General
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2014
Genre: History
Item Weight: 8.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 144 Pages
