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On August 22, 1814, American Brigadier General William Winder spotted the enemy invasion force approaching this church, then called Page Chapel. The British marched west toward Bellefields, Woodyard, and Fort Washington, then doubled back before heading north to Upper Marlboro. Uncertain of the enemy's intent, Winder held his troops overnight at Long Old Fields, now Forestville. Two days later, the opposing armies battled at Bladensburg. Winder later wrote, "I proceeded...to gain an observation of the enemy, and came with in view of the enemy's advance about two miles below the chapel."
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Croom, Maryland · United States
