Thursday, June 2, 2022

Requesting a Pass

  

June 2, 1813

...Mrs. Libina Jones...I request of your Honor  the favor of a pass for her
into the United States to reside with her friends---with a family of three children...

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Friday, May 27, 2022

Captain Martin McCallum

  


...Martin McCallum, Captain in the 1st Regt Lincoln Militia
was killed in attack of the enemy on 
Fort George on the 27th May 1813

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Sunday, May 1, 2022

Letter From Niagara

  


May 1813
letter from Niagara
...enemy has...himself of the capital of the province...

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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Exchange Of Paymaster

  


Fort George
29 March 1813

...the exchange of Paymaster Brook of the 49th Regiment who was captured in the merchant vessel Elizabeth in Lake Ontario on the 11th of November last...

Cross-posted at Detour Through History

Saturday, January 1, 2022

1813 War Of 1812 Timeline (First Group)



1813 Timeline (with modifications) via Wikipedia:


1813Jan 12William Jones serves as Secretary of the Navy
1813Jan 22Battle of Frenchtown
1813Jan 23River Raisin massacre
1813Feb 5John Armstrong serves as Secretary of War
1813Feb 6Raid on Elizabethtown
1813Feb 16104th Regiment commences march from Fredericton to Upper Canada
1813Feb 22Battle of Ogdensburg
1813Feb 24Sinking of HMS Peacock
1813MarUSS Essex rounds Cape Horn, preys on British whaling ships
1813Mar 3Admiral George Cockburn's squadron arrives in Lynnhaven Bay
1813Mar 19Sir James Lucas Yeo appointed Commander-in-chief of the Lake Squadrons
1813Mar 27Oliver Hazard Perry constructs Lake Erie fleet
1813Mar 30British blockade from Long Island to Mississippi
1813Apr 1Commerce raids begin in Chesapeake Bay
1813Apr 6Lewes, Delaware bombarded by British
1813Apr 13Capture of Mobile, Alabama
1813Apr 15Americans occupy West Florida
1813Apr 27Battle of York


Sunday, December 19, 2021

At the capture of Fort Niagara

 


British Military and Naval Records (RG 8, C Series) - (Page 5367) Microform:c-11837:


Source


McDonald, Donald. Ensign, 8th or King's Regt. At the capture of Fort Niagara, Dec. 19th, 1813.
Lt. Col. Ogilvie

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