The Chesapeake Bay Flotilla was a motley collection of barges and gunboats that the United States assembled under the command of Joshua Barney, an 1812 privateer captain, to stall British attacks in the Chesapeake Bay which came to be known as the "Chesapeake Campaign"  during the War of 1812.
The Chesapeake Bay Flotilla was a mixed group of barges and gunboats assembled by Joshua Barney, an 1812 privateer captain, to delay British attacks in the Chesapeake Bay during the War of 1812, which became known as the "Chesapeake Campaign."