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| name = Caroline's Battle<br />
| image = CarolineBattle.jpg<br />
| imagewidth = 300px<br />
| caption = The cover of Caroline's Battle.<br />
| published = 2012<br />
| author = [[Kathleen Ernst]]<br />
| illustrator = [[Robert Papp]]<br>[[Lisa Papp]]<br />
| isbn = 1593698909<br />
| setting = May 27, 1813<ref>The majority of the story occurs during the [[wikipedia:Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor|Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor]], which took place on May 28 and 29, 1813.</ref> to June 12, 1813<ref>Chapter Five states, post battle, that the celebration is two weeks later.</ref><br />
| prev = [[Caroline Takes a Chance]]<br />
| next = [[Changes for Caroline]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Caroline's Battle''''' is the [[Central_Series|fifth book]] in the [[List of Caroline's Books|Caroline series]].<br />
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==Characters==<br />
* [[Caroline Abbott]]<br />
* [[Mama Abbott]]<br />
* [[John Abbott]]<br />
* [[Rhonda Hathaway]]<br />
* [[Grandmother Livingston]]<br />
* [[Minor Characters in Caroline's Series#Mr. and Mrs. Shaw|Mrs. Shaw]]<br />
* [[Minor Characters in Caroline's Series#Mrs. Hathaway|Mrs. Hathaway]]<br />
* [[Mr. Tate]]<br />
* [[Hosea Barton]]<br />
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===Only in ''Caroline's Battle''===<br />
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* [[Minor Characters in Caroline's Series#Corporal Meyers|Corporal Meyers]]<br />
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==Chapter by Chapter Summary==<br />
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===Chapter One: Signal Guns!===<br />
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===Chapter Two: Bad News at the Shipyard===<br />
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===Chapter Three: Terrible Orders===<br />
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===Chapter Four: The Battle===<br />
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===Chapter Five: Reunion===<br />
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===[[Looking Back]]: America in 1812===<br />
Discusses several battles fought during the War of 1812. Topics covered:<br />
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* Sackets Harbor as a town today<br />
* The [[wikipedia:Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor|Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor]] on May 28, 1813, with the British navy sending a fleet to capture the town and destroy the ''[[wikipedia:USS General Pike (1813)|General Pike]]''<br />
* Lack of soldiers to defend Sackets Harbor from invasion<br />
* The lack of wind causing the British fleet to stall, allowing the people of Sackets Harbor to arm and prepare for battle<br />
* Lack of any battle or combat experience among American militiamen against British forces, with haphazard results<br />
* Accidental destruction of the supply storehouses in Navy Point at the time of British defeat<br />
* The completion of the ''General Pike'' following the Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor<br />
* President Madison receiving news of the British invasion of Washington, DC, following the [[wikipedia:Battle of Bladensburg|Battle of Bladensburg]]<br />
* First Lady Dolly Madison, who saved several important papers as well the [[wikipedia:Lansdowne portrait|Lansdowne portrait]] of George Washington before fleeing the White House<br />
* The [[wikipedia:Burning of Washington|Burning of Washington]] and its impact on American citizens<br />
* [http://americanhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/making-the-flag.aspx Mary Pickersgill], who was commissioned by [http://www.nps.gov/fomc/historyculture/george-armistead.htm George Armistead] to create a flag "so large that the British will have no difficulty seeing it from a distance", resulting in the [[wikipedia:Star Spangled Banner Flag|Star-Spangled Banner Flag]] flying over Fort McHenry<br />
* The [[wikipedia:Battle of Baltimore|Battle of Baltimore]] at Fort McHenry on September 13, 1814, witnessed by Francis Scott Key, and the presence of the flag following the battle, signaling Fort McHenry had not been captured<br />
* ''Defence of Fort McHenry'',<ref>This is the original title; Francis Scott Key's poem was not retitled to ''The Star-Spangled Banner'' until October 1814, following a public performance by a Baltimore actor. See here: [http://www.usflag.org/francis.scott.key.html Francis Scott Key], usflag.org, accessed September 15, 2012.</ref> a poem Francis Scott Key wrote following the Battle of Baltimore and later set to the tune of [[wikipedia:To Anacreon in Heaven|To Anacreon in Heaven]], a popular drinking song<ref>[http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm065.html American Treasures of the Library of Congress], loc.gov, accessed September 15, 2012.</ref> of the time<br />
* The formal adoption of ''The Star-Spangled Banner'' as the national anthem of the United States on March 3, 1931<br />
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==Items associated with ''Caroline's Battle''==<br />
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* [[Caroline's Birthday Dress]]<br />
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==References and Footnotes==<br />
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[[Category:Caroline Abbott]]<br />
[[Category:Caroline's Collection]]<br />
[[Category:Books]]<br />
[[Category:Historical Books]]<br />
[[Category:Central Series]]<br />
[[Category:Items Released in 2012]]<br />
[[Category:Retired Books]]<br />
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