The Battle for Baltimore

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War has been part of conflict resolution whenever other means of conflict resolution fail to produce desired fruits. When considered as the only means of resolving conflict between or among conflicting parties, war only ends after realization of winners and losers. At the end of every war, there is always a solution for any conflicting parties. In that line, this paper will discuss the historical Battle for Baltimore. In so doing, the paper will investigate the cause of the war, its effects to the parties, and winner and loser.

Battle for Baltimore

People and countries engage in wars due to particular sets of differences and misunderstandings. Some of the misunderstandings that lead to war are avoidable through other forms of negotiation without necessarily having to go to actual war. Countries and people tend to lose a lot of property and resources whenever they engage in any form of physical wars. It is for the reason that some countries and people struggle to avoid and stay away from any practices and events that may predispose them to wars. Battle for Baltimore fought in 1814 in America is one such war that saw momentous compulsion of Americans to take part even after struggling to avoid and ignore anything that would lead them into war.

The Battle for Baltimore fought between USA and British in 1814 was a just a landmark war that defined the climax end of the long war that existed between Britain and America since 1812. Baltimore is a port city located in Maryland State and defined a very crucial center for sea operations that involved foreign trade and naval practices. The city had protective wall called Fort McHenry built near the harbor with river Patapsco (Maynard, 2002). The strategic