Monday, March 30, 2020

Less Than 100 Men


1796 Map Of Detroit (Source)

From an undated letter (probably confiscated in August, 1812, during Hull's surrender):
Source - Page 61

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Saturday, March 21, 2020

Active In The Royal Navy


Royal Navy.  Establishment on Lake Ontario (1814).


Source



Sunday, March 15, 2020

Colonel Carr


The home journal., January 27, 1859, Image 2, (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?:



Col. Robert Carr of Philadelphia, was Benjamin Franklin's errand boy and a colonel in the War of 1812.  
Source


Thursday, March 12, 2020

James Wellborn Of North Carolina



Source: US Army Historical Register - Volume 1



We were camped near this marker that profiled James Wellborn:

"Served 27 years as state senator; colonel in War of 1812; delegate to the Constitutional Convention 1835."

Friday, March 6, 2020

Captain Jacob Jones



Source

Captain Jones' memorial at FindAGrave.

Source