Both Sides Of The Detroit River

Map of Detroit River circa 1812, showing both the Canadian and American sides from the Robert Lucas journal.

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General Proctor's Efforts To Secure Detroit

Correspondence between Colonel Proctor and Major General Sheaffe:

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A partial transcription:

Sandwich Jany 13th 1813
Nothing can be more gratifying to me than to find effectual measures taken to ensure the [British] superiority on the Lakes, so requisite to the security of the Country.  Every exertion is making and shall be preserved in, as far as depends on me, to attain that object.
The Gun Boats are to be built on the Thames.....

After General Hull's surrender of Detroit, [British] General Isaac Brock, from his Headquarter's in Detroit, wrote to Sir George Prevost on August 17, 1812.   Brock left Proctor in charge of Detroit.

All through the winter of 1812-13 General Proctor, with his division of the 41st Regiment at Amherstburgh, the militia of Essex, and the Indians under Tecumseh had been kept busily employed in devices for preventing or retarding the American forces on the other side of the river from crossing into Canada. [Source]

General Brock* left to Colonel Proctor the task of carrying out his promises [to the people of Michigan that their lives, propery, and religious observances would be respected].  In his perplexity, Proctor turned to Judge Woodward, the sole remaining representative of the American Government for advice and aid. The request was made with great hesitation on Proctor's part, and was accepted with equal reluctance on the part of Woodward. [Source]

*General Brock was killed at the Battle of Queenston Heights in October of 1812.

Skirmish At Point Peter, Georgia

Picture From Exhibit At Cumberland Island NP

Wikipedia's description of the Battle of Fort Peter.  See related posts here, here, and here.

The Captured Ship Volunteer

From the blog "This Day In U.S. Military History":

January 12

1813 - US Frigate Chesapeake captures British Volunteer.

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The Volunteer arrived at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, a prize to the U.S. Frigate Chesapeake.

Another action involving the Chesapeake.

Captain William Shaw's Toast

The blog, 2nd Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Militia, related a story about Captain Shaw's toast and the captive Kentuckian's counter toast.  The story was published Monday, October 31, 1814 in the Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA).

Shaw's toast:

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McKinsay's response:

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From Officers of the British Forces in Canada During the War of 1812-15:

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See Shaw's petition for land in In Deeds.

The Illuminating Blogger Award

We interrupt this regularly scheduled blog to thank the fabulous Dorene at Graveyard Rabbit of Sandusky Bay for conferring the Food Stories' blog's Illuminating Blogger Award upon my War of 1812 Chronicles blog.

To fulfill the award's requirement, I'm divulging the following random fact about myself: I'm left-handed.

Chalmette Battlefield Map

A map from The British at the Gates showed the New Orleans campaign.  The National Park Service link to the Chalmette Battlefield (Battle of New Orleans) is here. The National Cemetery adjacent to the battlefield was closed due to damage from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita during our last visit, but there's a link with the names of those buried there.