Figure 176 





does not include the name John S. Stiles. Other 

 records do indicate that a Lt. John S. Stiles com- 

 manded a section of the Baltimore Union Artillery at 

 the Battle of North Point in 1814. '^^ \^ jg probable 

 that John Stiles, originally a member of the 1st Marine 

 Artillery of the Union had transferred his commission 

 to the Baltimore Union Artillery. 



\ An example of Militia officers' shoulder-belt plates 

 of the period 1812-1816 is a solid silver oval plate 

 (fig. 178) engraved with an eagle and elements of the 

 arms of Massachusetts within a shield suspended from 

 the eagle's neck. Being silver, the plate probably was 

 worn by infantry or possibly dragoons. Many such 



Figure 177 



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