Battle of Slippery Hill
August 13, 1813
American Videttes skirmished with approximately 300 British troops under the command of Col. Sir Thomas Sidney Beckwith as they advanced on Queenstown along this road. Two British soldiers and Beckwith’s horse were killed. Fearful of being cut off by a second British amphibious force, Maj. William H. Nicholson, commander of the Queen Anne’s County militia, withdrew to Centreville.
Marker is at the intersection of Maryland Route 18 and Bennett’s Point Road, on the right when traveling south on State Route 18.
Courtesy hmdb.org
