Monday, December 19, 2011

Shelby's Campaign To Canada

From The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812...


From Outlines of the Life and Public...

"Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the thanks of Congress be, and they are hereby presented to Major General William Henry Harrison and Isaac Shelby. late Governor of Kentucky, and through them to the officers and men under their command, for their gallantry and good conduct in defeating the combined British and Indian forces under Major General Proctor on the Thames, in Upper Canada, on the 6th day of October, 1813, capturing the British army, with their baggage, camp equipage. and artillery...".

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