The man that the statue Armistead Monument is for commanded a fort during a conflict. It was first built in July 1798. The 1804 ship HMS Volcano was involved in the conflict.
George Armistead (April 10, 1780 April 25, 1818) was an American military officer who served as the commander of Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. 
Fort McHenry, in Baltimore, Maryland, is a historical American coastal pentagonal bastion fort best known for its role in the War of 1812, when it successfully defended Baltimore Harbor from an attack by the British navy from the Chesapeake Bay September 1314, 1814. 
 It was first built in 1798 and was used continuously by U.S. armed forces through World War I and by the Coast Guard in World War II. 
The Armistead Monument is a bronze statue of Col. George Armistead, by Edward Berge. 
 As "Volcano" she served during the War of 1812, and in particular participated in the Battle of Baltimore. 
