Chesapeake campaign

Chesapeake campaign
Part of the War of 1812
Smoke rising from a building after facilities and ships on the Chesapeake Bay were attacked by the British
Operational scope	Strategic offensive
Location	Atlantic Coast of the United States 37°8′N 76°1′W / 37.133°N 76.017°W / 37.133; -76.017
Planned by	Admiral Sir John Warren
Objective	Destroy naval resources, vessels, forts, dockyards and arsenals; impose a full naval blockade in order to seize ships and powder magazines from Charleston to New York
Date	23 April 1813 – 14 September 1814
Executed by	Royal Navy
Outcome	Status quo ante bellum
Chesapeake Bay Location within the United States

The Chesapeake campaign, also known as the Chesapeake Bay campaign, of the War of 1812 was a British naval campaign that took place from 23 April 1813 to 14 September 1814 on and around the Delaware and Chesapeake bays of the United States.