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 The Baltimore Fencibles was a volunteer artillery company recruited from private citizens in the City of Baltimore in 1813. The word fencible was used by many units of the era to represent local defenders, or the Home Guard. The Fencibles, led by Captain Joseph Hopper Nicholson, were Federalized militia who were invited to serve with Captain Evans' Regular |
Corps of Artillery within the walls of Fort McHenry due to the large number of regular artillerymen who were ill and unfit for duty. The Fencibles were the only non-regulars to serve within the star fort.
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