Note: Outline Per Wikipedia (with revisions):
1812 | Jul 17 | Capture of Fort Mackinac* |
1812 | Jul 19 | Attack at Sackets Harbor** |
1812 | Aug 5 | Battle of Brownstown |
1812 | Aug 8 | British General Isaac Brock embarks at Port Dover for the relief of Amherstburg*** |
1812 | Aug 8 | Battle of Maguaga |
1812 | Aug 15 | Fort Dearborn massacre |
1812 | Aug 16 | Surrender of Detroit |
1812 | Aug 19 | Capture of HMS Guerriere**** |
** Gunboats were in process of construction at Sackets Harbor... . One of these, the Oneida, was attacked July 19, 1812, by five British vessels... . [Source]
*** General Brock told us that it was his intention to go up at once to the western district along the shore of Lake Erie in boats to embark at what is now Port Dover. [Source]
Maguaga Battle-Ground |
**** To compensate our readers in some degree for the disappointment and mortification they cannot but feel at the misfortune of our little army under gen. Hull, it is with feelings of pride and pleasure that we refer them to the gallant exploit of capt. Hull, his nephew, in the frigate Constitution in capturing and destroying the British frigate Guerriere. [Source]
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