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English: Map shows the situation for Maryland's Eastern Shore in mid-August when the British occupied Kent Island and the locals were afraid the British were going to attack via the Choptank River. St. Michaels and Easton were among the presumed targets, and Queenstown and St. Michaels had already been attacked. Source is "History of Talbot County, Maryland, 1661-1861", Volume II, by Oswald Tilghman and Samuel A. Harrison, pages 173-175.
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Source This is a crop of a Map of Maryland published in 1841, from the U.S. Library of Congress found here. TwoScarsUp has added label and circled several points.
Author Fielding Lucas Jr. (1781-1854) with label and circles added by TwoScarsUp

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Rumors were that the British would invade via the Choptank River

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