It is 1814 and the United States is two years into fighting its second War of Independence from Great Britain.The British land forces have burned Washington, D.C. and have plans to take Baltimore with assistance from the British Royal Navy in the Chesapeake Bay. The only thing that stands in their way is what they consider to be an "insignificant obstacle", Fort McHenry at the mouth of the Baltimore harbor. Other coastal cities have capitulated, but...