Chesapeake campaign

Chesapeake campaign
Part of the War of 1812
Smoke rising from a building after facilities and ships on the Chesapeake Bay were attacked by the British
Operational scopeStrategic offensive
Location
37°8′N 76°1′W / 37.133°N 76.017°W / 37.133; -76.017
Planned byUnited Kingdom Admiral Sir John Warren
ObjectiveDestroy naval resources, vessels, forts, dockyards and arsenals; impose a full naval blockade in order to seize ships and powder magazines from Charleston to New York
Date23 April 1813 – 14 September 1814
Executed by Royal Navy
OutcomeStatus quo ante bellum
Chesapeake Bay is located in the United States
Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake Bay
Location within the United States

The Chesapeake campaign, also known as the Chesapeake Bay campaign, of the War of 1812 was a British naval campaign that took place from 23 April 1813 to 14 September 1814 on and around the Delaware and Chesapeake bays of the United States.