we hear now from rehoboth beach, delaware and deanna. go ahead. >> caller: hi. my question is how powerful the bombardment was. is there still any present-day damage left to be seen from that? >> excellent question. the bombardment was the shock and awe of the early 19th century. no damage, though. because when the british left, the americans were afraid that they would come back, so they quickly repaired the damage and strengthened the fort for a second attack which never came, but they didn't know that, but the bombardment -- i mean, i'll give you some numbers. the british fired over 1,200 shells and 700 rockets. those shells made 200 pounds, literally tons of iron were hurled at the fort during that 24-hour period. >> how many americans died in the battle? >> interestingly enough only five were killed and 25 wounded. the british were so far away that the shells were landing in the river, over the fort, in front of the fort, and then the fort did give the defenders a lot of protection so even though we had over 1,000 defenders, only five of them were killed. >