This photo is from 2014 during the Bicentennial celebration of the Battle of Caulk’s Field. The memorial was erected in 1902 with two stones added on either side of the steps in 2012.

Between the burning of Washington and the attack on Fort McHenry was the Battle of Caulk’s Field on the Delmarva Peninsula in Kent County, MD.

Taking place on the night of August 30 and early morning hours of August 31, 1814, Captain Sir Peter Parker, commander of the frigate HM Menelaus, learning of a a company of Maryland militiamen in Belle Air, now called Fairlee, lead a force of about 140 marines and sailors onto the shore near Tolchester.

The two units came together at around 1am. The battle ultimately would have fourteen British soldiers and sailors, including Parker, dead. Twelve are buried in unmarked graves. As many as 27 were wounded, some seriously, with only three Americans with minor wounds.

The Battle of Caulk’s Field was declared a militia victory, one that was sorely needed at the time.

During the next few months I will be working on a Photo-book on Country Roads of the Chesapeake Eastern Shore of Maryland. One section will feature Monuments and Memorials.

Read more about this project at ChesapeakeRoads.com

Would you like to support this project. You can at Patreon.com/ShoreToBeFun

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About Tuesday’s Photo:
I decided to do a 52 week photo project for 2021. One that will have me posting on a photo each Tuesday.

10 years ago near the end of 2011 I began seriously taking photographs and have taken many over these years. Some I never really reviewed. Others I decided weren’t the best of the batch. Some I planned to go back and re-edit, but for unknown reason I never did. This year I plan to review photographs and edit them, or sometimes re-editing as I seem fit.

As I look at them, I may decide to go back to the location and make an attempt at creating a better photograph.