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To the Eighth Regiment will ever be the honor of having opened the route to Washington by way of Annapolis, and of having saved from possible loss the frigate Constitution, the ‘Old Ironsides’ of the war of 1812.
The Third Battalion of Rifles, by transport from New York, reached Annapolis April 24, and quartered in the Naval Academy, where it remained until the 2d of May, when it was ordered to Fort McHenry, where it continued until the end of its term of service.
The battalion was drilled in the practice of heavy ordnance, and in infantry tactics.
The men were always ready for duty, and by their good conduct and discipline received the confidence and praise of the garrison commanders.
They were engaged in no battle; but the fort which it held saved Baltimore and Maryland from going with Virginia and other Southern States headlong into rebellion.
They were thanked by General Dix, post commandant, for their patriotism and good
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