Afterclap Of The Revolution

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"The War of 1812 has been called by an able historian the afterclap of the Revolution." [Source]

Old Point Comfort Lighthouse

Old Point Comfort Lighthouse (Chesapeake Bay In Virginia)

"[In the Revolutionary War] the transports with the land forces were sent up the James to circumvent the British and help to make possible the surrender of Yorktown. The British ships found this a rendezvous in the trying war of 1812, and here took place, just off Old Point Comfort, the famous Merrimac and Monitor engagement... ." [Source]

"A party of Royal Marines landed at Old Point Comfort... ." [Signage at Museum at Fortress Monroe]

Battle-Tested Drum Sticks

From a dead British Drummer in the Revolutionary War, the drum sticks found their way to David Culver, a drummer in the War of 1812.

The History of the 24th Michigan (Iron Brigade) explained the provenance of the drum sticks and where they came into play.

Drum Sticks (NOT Those Used By David Culver, But With A Similar History)

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Bloody Drama Enacted In Baltimore

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Source: Sixty Years In A School-room

Michigan Once More Fell To The Ownership Of The United States

Fort Michilimackinac (On The Shore Of The Straits Of Mackinac)

Michigan History, Volume 5:

"The War for American Independence brought this area in name only under the control of the new American Government since it was not until 1798 that the British soldiers relinquished the military posts on the American side of the international boundary and the feebleness of the American hold upon all this region is well illustrated by the ease with which it was reconquered by the English in the War of 1812. The treaty of peace which terminated this war restored the easternmost of the Great Lakes as a part of the international boundary and Michigan once more fell to the ownership of the United States."

Dow Gardens In Midland, Michigan

Stone In The War

Stone In War Of 1812:

The Bulletin, vol. 15, no. 17

Historic Pittsburgh Text Collection

"His grandfather, Abraham Stone, fought in the revolutionary war, and carried a musket at Bunker Hill.  His grandfather died from a gunshot wound received in the war of 1812."

Census 1850

Delmar, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States

Israel Stone M 48 Massachusetts

Amanda A Stone F 42 Pennsylvania

Adaline D Stone F 17 Massachusetts

Dwight F Stone M 13 Pennsylvania

O B Stone M 10 Pennsylvania

Eugene H Stone M 8 Pennsylvania

William A Stone M 4 Pennsylvania

Israel G Stone M 1 Pennsylvania

John Johnston Of Piqua

Piqua Plaque Denoting A Revolutionary War Era Battle

Biography of John Johnston Family

"John Johnston (born in Ireland) was a farmer in the Piqua, Miami County area who played an important role in the settlement and development of the state of Ohio. He...served as a United States agent to the Miami tribe at Fort Wayne, Indiana from 1802 to 1811. When an Indian agency was established in western Ohio the family moved to the area then known as Upper Piqua in 1811."

"Johnston worked to protect neutral tribes and non-combatants during the War of 1812; attended councils held in Piqua between representatives of the tribes and the United States government; and oversaw the removal of tribes from the state of Ohio to reservations farther west."

Butler's Rangers Continued A Friendship

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Butler's Rangers from the Real Peoples History site:


These warriors, both Haudenosaunee and Butler’s Rangers, continued a friendship that lasted throughout the War of 1812. Though not officially Butlers Rangers during that period the ex-rangers of the American Revolution still maintained their friendship and alliances with their Haudenosaunee allies. The ancestral friendship is maintained today with the recreation of the Butler’s Rangers re-enactors known as McDonell’s Company. The United Empire Loyalists have always remained close friends with the Haudenosaunee to this very day.

Micah Bradley's Oration

The widow of a Micah Bradley of Portsmouth filed for a War of 1812 pension based upon his service as a captain's clerk on a privateer.

Per in Villonova's Library:

An oration, pronounced July 5th, 1813, at the request of the Republicans of the town of Portsmouth, in commemoration of the anniversary of American independence. Main Author: Bradley, Micah, 1781-1815.  [See copy]  

Mayhew Mott And Family

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"Mrs. Mott, mother of Wesley Mott, died at Winchester, Winnebago County, May 14th..." .

Mr. Mayhew Mott was a soldier and Mrs. Mott enjoyed a pension.

Census 1860

Winchester, Winnebago, Wisconsin

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

Mayhew Mott M 65 New York

Mary Mott F 66 New York

Wesley Mott M 25 New York

Herman Like M 18 Germany

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The First Naval Officer Who Fell

Scrimshaw Art Of The Frigate Constitution At The Smithsonian

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"Lieut. William S. Bush, was a native of Wilmington (Delaware.)  His father, Capt. John Bush was a meritorious officer in the revolutionary war, and he was the nephew of the brave Major Lewis Bush, who fell supporting the cause of his country at the battle of Brandywine."

"The brave and amiable lieutenant William Bush, the first naval officer who fell in this war, distinguished himself by intrepidly leading on the boarders when he received the ball which deprived his country of his services." [Source]

Little Turtle, Blue Jacket, And The Schemes Of The British Agents

A preliminary view of Indian affairs will enable us to understand this commencement of the war. By the combined counsels and schemes of the British agents, and some of the principal chiefs among the Indians, the seeds of hostility were sown among them soon after the peace of Greenville, and were gradually nurtured into war.

At that time, Little Turtle and Blue Jacket were the leading chiefs among the northwestern tribes. They had disagreed about the manner of opposing [General Anthony] Wayne s army. The plan of Blue Jacket was adopted, and eventuated in the total defeat of the Indians, as predicted by the other. After this event, Little Turtle continued friendly to the United States. He was of opinion, that the Indian tribes were unable to contend against the Americans; that no material aid would be furnished them by the British; and that would only be the means of their losing more of their lands. Blue Jacket had more confidence in the British; he thirsted for revenge against the Americans; and he wished to regain the lands which had been ceded by the treaty of Greenville. [Source]


Also see the Aug 2013 post, Native American And British Influence At The Close Of The Revolutionary War.

Maryland, My Maryland

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See the War of 1812 in Charles County Maryland Muster Rolls on YouTube (screenshot above).

Diah Manning's Family

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"Diah Manning's son, Asa (b. 1795) was also a drummer in the war of 1812 [Diah was a drummer in the Revolutionary War], and from the history of Norwich, we quote his own account of the battle of Lundy's Lane. 'There were some 45 of us Norwich boys who fought at Lundy's Lane, some of whom laid down their lives on that bloody field and all fought with courageous gallantry. We brought off our flag, though it was shot from the staff and riddled with 30 or 40 bullet holes.'"


There's a Haitian connection to this family:

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"The family of Diah Manning were extremely kind in their attentions to a young Haytien mulatto who had been taken prisoner in 1800 by an American ship during the Haytien war and brought with several others of his countrymen to Norwich. This young mulatto, Jean Pierre Boyer, afterward became the President of the Republic of Hayti, and nearly twenty years afterward, sent a present of $400 each to the widows of Consider Sterry and Diah Manning in return for their kindness to him in his captivity." [Source]

Background Of Lundy's Lane

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My information respecting the early settlement of...Lundy's Lane is as follows: In the year 1778 or thereabouts, three men by the names of Lundy, Howey and Brooks, married to sisters by the name of Silverthorn, lived in what is now known as the State of New Jersey (then a British colony), at a place called the Log Jail, about sixty miles from New York. These men, rather than join General Washington's army, came to Canada and settled at or near Niagara Falls. I heard Mr. Brooks, who was my grandfather, say, when describing his journey to Canada, that they came on horseback. Each one had two horses and each a wife and one child. My mother was one of the children; name, Sarah Brooks. Her father said they had heard there was a British colony somewhere in the west called Canada, and that they were going to find it.

A Devastating Event In Commodore Elliott's Early Years

From a Speech of Com. Jesse Duncan Elliot  ...:

It is known to many in this respected audience that the honor of a Marylander's birth-right was derived from parents, both of whom were Pennsylvanians, and that in the ninth year of my age, my father [Robert Elliott] was killed by a party of Indians, on the Muskingum, on his route to join the array of Gen. Wayne, to which he was attached as a Commissary.

Robert Elliott's Orders from General Anthony Wayne (a month before Elliott's death):

Plaque Commemorating Fort Hamilton (near Cincinnati, Ohio)

"In 1794, Colonel Robert Elliott, a quartermaster for the army, while traveling with his servant from Fort Washington to Fort Hamilton, was ambushed by the Indians and killed...". [Source]

Violations Of The Treaty Of Paris

Fort At Michilimackinac

"By the Treaty of Paris, in 1783, Great Britain recognized the independence of her American colonies. But she gave them up reluctantly, and soon proved that she would yield no more than she was compelled to. In violation of the terms of the treaty she kept garrisons for a dozen years at several western outposts--notably Niagara, Detroit, and Michilimackinac--and incited the Indians to harass the settlers who were crossing the Alleghenies. (The Americans were far from blameless. We had refused to pay debts owed to British merchants or to compensate Loyalists for the loss of their property. We had agreed to do both.)." [Source?]

Lion In The Wilderness

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Lion in the wilderness...., commemorated the 200th anniversary of British rule in Detroit.

"Because of the military conflict, the growth of civilian population in Detroit was slower during the Revolutionary period.  But at the termination of their 36 year rule, the town was greatly expanded, the population nearly doubled, and prosperous farms stretched up and down the river."

"The British returned to Detroit briefly during the War of 1812....".

General James McCubbin Lingan's Grave

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General Lingan's memorial at FindAGrave.

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Links for more information about General Lingan and the mob.

General Lingan Killed By A Mob

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From Sixty years in a school-room: an autobiography of Mrs. Julia A. Tevis ...,  by Julia Ann Tevis, John Tevis:


It was during my residence in Georgetown that the fiercest conflicts of the war of 1812 occurred. An incident connected with this war impressed me deeply, and gave me a terrific idea of mobs. Every well read person is familiar with the history of the bloody drama enacted in Baltimore, when the brave General Lingan was killed by an infuriated mob, though he begged so piteously that his life might be spared for the sake of his wife and children. He besought them to remember how manfully he had fought for his country in the 'old war;' but his voice was scarcely heard amid the roar of those wild beasts, who almost tore him to pieces. General Lee (Light Horse Harry) and several other Revolutionary patriots were so injured by the same mob that they died soon after. They were opposed to the war.