 On 3 September 1814 , three companies of the Colonial Marines joined with three remaining companies of Royal Marines to form the 3rd Battalion , Royal and Colonial Marines . Later that month , all three companies fought at the Battle of North Point in Maryland . A fourth company was created in December 1814 , and further recruitment was begun along the Georgia coast during the first quarter of 1815 . The number of enlistments allowed two more companies to be raised , with sergeants taken from companies recruited in the Chesapeake . 
