What the records say
- When
- 3 Sep 1814
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 44.74° N, 68.84° W
- Description
- 1814 battle
Battle of Hampden
1814 battle of the War of 1812
The Battle of Hampden was an action in the British campaign to conquer present-day Maine and remake it into the colony of New Ireland during the War of 1812. Sir John Sherbrooke led a British force from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to establish New Ireland, which lasted until the end of the war, eight months later. Revenues from the short-lived colony funded a military library in Halifax and the Dalhousie College.
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