The
Battle of North Point was an engagement in the
War of 1812, fought on September 12, 1814, between Brigadier General
John Stricker's Third Brigade of the
Maryland State Militia and a
British landing force, composed of units from the
British Army,
Royal Navy seamen and
Royal Marines, and led by Major General
Robert Ross and Rear Admiral
George Cockburn. The events and result of the engagement, a part of the larger
Battle of Baltimore, are somewhat disputed. Several eyewitness reports of the engagement painted it as a straightforward British victory, with American forces routing in disorder in the face of the British assault. Most American narratives of the battle, many of them originating from Stricker himself, tend to claim US forces were able to retreat in good order having inflicted heavy casualties on the British.