Monday, March 30, 2020

Less Than 100 Men


1796 Map Of Detroit (Source)

From an undated letter (probably confiscated in August, 1812, during Hull's surrender):
Source - Page 61

Saturday, March 21, 2020

Sunday, March 15, 2020

Colonel Carr


The home journal., January 27, 1859, Image 2, (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?:



Col. Robert Carr of Philadelphia, was Benjamin Franklin's errand boy and a colonel in the War of 1812.  
Source


Thursday, March 12, 2020

James Wellborn Of North Carolina



Source: US Army Historical Register - Volume 1



We were camped near this marker that profiled James Wellborn:

"Served 27 years as state senator; colonel in War of 1812; delegate to the Constitutional Convention 1835."