Shot For Desertion

An excerpt from A North End Journal blog post:

"I have reached the names on the list that begin with the letter M and it’s the first time I have come across the comment that someone ‘deserted to the enemy’. That made me sit up a little straighter but it was the fate of Private McMillan that gave me the greatest shock. The notation after his name said ‘shot for desertion, Oct. 1814’."

From the Executed Today website:

HEAD QUARTERS, FALLS OF NIAGARA

OCTOBER 28TH 1814.

At a General Court Martial, held at Stamford, on the 25th instant, and continued by adjournment to the 28th of the same month, Private John McMillan, of the 2nd regiment of Lincoln Militia, was arraigned on the following charges, viz.: —

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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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General George Izard (And Family)

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George Izard's mother, Alice DeLancey (her portrait here and below).

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War Of 1812 Veteran Thomas Brown's Widow's Probate

Illinois Probate Records, 1819-1988  Gallatin Probate records 1871-1875 vol D:

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20 October 1873

James M. Brown, Exparte

Evidence In Relation To Elizabeth G. Brown

Elizabeth G. Brown, deceased

Widow of Thomas M. Brown, a soldier in the War of 1812

She was an invalid widow who lived with her son, James M. Brown

She died 6 January 1873, having a minor child

General (Then Colonel) Scott Rescued

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Life In Canada:

Alex'r Cameron Of Niagara's War Of 1812 Claim

War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848, RG 19 E5A
Microform: t-1126 (Image 57)

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Alex'r Cameron

Niagara Township

Niagara District

1813 At Fort Mitchell

Fort Mitchell, Alabama, Museum