their guns first." The Commodore was correct, as the men did not run; one such man was young sailor Harry Jones (No. 35), apparently a free black man. Jones was wounded in the final action at Bladensburg and remained a patient at the Naval Hospital Washington, DC, for nearly two months. Black troops also fought on the British side with the Corps of Colonial Marines in the attacks on Bladensburg and Washington DC. Vice Admiral Cochrane reformed the corps, which had been disbanded in 1810, in 1814, deliberately recruiting enslaved black Americans with a promise of freedom for themselves and their families. The corps received the same training, uniforms, pay, and pensions as their Royal Marine counterparts. Following the Treaty of Ghent, the British kept their promise and in 1815 evacuated the Colonial Marines and their families to Halifax, Nova Scotia and Bermuda. Order of battle British Regulars (total: 4500 all ranks) during the Chesapeake campaign. (Major General Robert Ross) 1st (Light) Brigade (Colonel William Thornton) (1100 men) 85th Regiment of Foot (Bucks Volunteers)(Light Infantry) Light companies, 1/4th, 21st, 1/44th Foot Company of Royal Marines, commanded by Lt Athelstan Stevens, detached from the Royal Marine battalion Rocket Detachment of 26 Royal Marine Artillery gunners, commanded by Lt John Lawrence, likewise detached from the Royal Marine battalion Company of Colonial Marines overseen by Captain Reed of the 2nd West India Regiment 2nd Brigade (Colonel Arthur Brooke) (1460 men) – in the rear 1st Battalion, 4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot, minus the Light infantry company 1st Battalion, 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot, minus the Light infantry company 3rd Brigade (Colonel Patterson) (ca. 1460 men) – in the rear 21st Regiment (Royal North British Fusiliers), minus the Light infantry company 2nd Battalion, Royal Marines (commanded by Major James Malcolm) less one infantry company with the 1st Brigade, and the Rocket Detachment with the 1st Brigade. composite battalion (formed from ship-based Marines) commanded by Captain John Robyns and guarding the shoreline at Benedict Three companies of Royal Artillery commanded by Captain John Michell, Captain Lewis Carmichael and Captain Adam Crawford. Note: there were a total of 1350 Marines throughout the Chesapeake campaign American Regulars (total: 960 to 1160 all ranks). 1 Squadron, Regiment of Light Dragoons, commanded by Colonel Jacint Laval, 140 horses. 1 Infantry Battalion, United States Regulars commanded by Lieutenant Colonel William Scott – variously reported at either 300 or