Requesting a Pass

  

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June 2, 1813

...Mrs. Libina Jones...I request of your Honor  the favor of a pass for her

into the United States to reside with her friends---with a family of three children...

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Captain Martin McCallum

  

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...Martin McCallum, Captain in the 1st Regt Lincoln Militia

was killed in attack of the enemy on 

Fort George on the 27th May 1813

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Letter From Niagara

  

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May 1813

letter from Niagara

...enemy has...himself of the capital of the province...

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Exchange Of Paymaster

  

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Fort George

29 March 1813

...the exchange of Paymaster Brook of the 49th Regiment who was captured in the merchant vessel Elizabeth in Lake Ontario on the 11th of November last...

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Armistead T. Mason

Source

1813 War Of 1812 Timeline (First Group)

1813 Timeline (with modifications) via Wikipedia:

1813	Jan 12	William Jones serves as Secretary of the Navy
1813	Jan 22	Battle of Frenchtown
1813	Jan 23	River Raisin massacre
1813	Feb 5	John Armstrong serves as Secretary of War
1813	Feb 6	Raid on Elizabethtown
1813	Feb 16	104th Regiment commences march from Fredericton to Upper Canada
1813	Feb 22	Battle of Ogdensburg
1813	Feb 24	Sinking of HMS Peacock
1813	Mar	USS Essex rounds Cape Horn, preys on British whaling ships
1813	Mar 3	Admiral George Cockburn's squadron arrives in Lynnhaven Bay
1813	Mar 19	Sir James Lucas Yeo appointed Commander-in-chief of the Lake Squadrons
1813	Mar 27	Oliver Hazard Perry constructs Lake Erie fleet
1813	Mar 30	British blockade from Long Island to Mississippi
1813	Apr 1	Commerce raids begin in Chesapeake Bay
1813	Apr 6	Lewes, Delaware bombarded by British
1813	Apr 13	Capture of Mobile, Alabama
1813	Apr 15	Americans occupy West Florida
1813	Apr 27	Battle of York

At the capture of Fort Niagara

 

British Military and Naval Records (RG 8, C Series) - (Page 5367) Microform:c-11837:

Source

McDonald, Donald. Ensign, 8th or King's Regt. At the capture of Fort Niagara, Dec. 19th, 1813.
Lt. Col. Ogilvie

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 I'm sorry to announce that my wife Cathy Palm author of the blog passed away Nov 2nd 2021 after a 20 month battle with Inflammatory Breast Cancer.

She did have a few blogs that are scheduled to publish automatically that should appear. 

Wingate's Ohio Militia Roster

Capes Charles And Henry

The British Navy vessels were between Cape Charles and Cape Henry (September 1814?):

1814 Partial Map Showing Capes Charles And Henry (LOC)

"...than the sails were again hoisted; and the ships steering under the influence of a leading wind, between the Capes Charles and Henry, stood in gallant style up the Chesapeake. [Source]

Convey An Officer To Barataria

 

The object of that inconsiderable expedition appears to have been to sound the disposition of the in- habitants of the Floridas and Louisiana; to procure the information necessary for more important opera-tions, and to secure pilots to conduct the expedition on our coast and.in our waters, rather than to attemptany thing of importance. 

Colonel Nichols directed captain Lockyer of the brig Sophia, to convey an officer to Barataria with a packet for Mr. Lafitte, or whoever else might be at the head of the privateers on Grande Terre. 

Barataria Preserve

Death Of Major-General Robert Ross

Reminiscences of My Military Life from 1795 to 1818, By Charles Steevens (in Europe):

Massacre At Pigeon Roost

1812 Sep 3 Massacre at Pigeon Roost

General Duncan MacArthur's Raid

Source

Also here: Kentucky In The War of 1812 (text)

In The Event Of Alarm

 

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In the event of alarm...

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State Of The Barracks

  

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Return...and Distribution of the Barracks...

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The Principal Point

Battlefield At Chalmette

Louisiana, which was particularly marked out as the principal point against which was to be directed a formidable British force, with a considerable extent of coast, numerous communications by water, and 

with hardly any fortified points, open on all sides, having in its neighbourhood a Spanish settlement 

freely admitting the enemy's ships, and a great proportion of whose population was disposed to aid him, had no force on which to rely for the defence of her shores, except six gunboats and a sloop of war. 

From the gallant defence made by the brave crews of these vessels, we may judge what would have been effected tby a number proportionate to the extent of coast to be defended. Fort Plaquemines, that of Petites Coquilles, and fort Bowyer at Mobile point, were the only advanced points fortified; and none of ihem capable of standing a regular siege. (Source)

Lieutenant John Weaver

Lieutenant John Weaver, of the Regulars, who was second in command on Campbell's boat acted bravely, it was largely by his exertions that the wounded were safely transferred to Rector's boat. (Source)

Campbell's Island

Lieutenant John Weaver. 

Was a Kentuckian, and was made an ensign in the seventh regiment (Regulars) of Infantry on February 10, 1812; on March 12, 1813, he was promoted to a third lieutenancy; on October 11, of the same year he became a second lieutenant; and on May 15, 1814 he was commissioned a first lieutenant; he was honorably discharged on June 15, 1815 and died August 29, 1821. 

 

Bay Of Apalachicola

New Orleans To Apalachicola Bay (LOC)

Let us now see in what manner the British began to execute their hostile designs against Louisiana. In
the course of the summer of 1814, the brig Orpheus had landed arms and officers in the bay of Apalachicola, and entered into arrangements with the Creeks, to act against fort Bowyer at Mobile point, justly looked upon as a place the possession of which was of the greatest importance towards the execution of the grand operations projected against Louisiana.

Communication Line in Canada

Title Map of the surveyed part of the territory of Michigan on a scale of 8 miles to an inch
Contributor Names: Farmer, John, 1798-1859, V. Balch and S. Stiles (Firm)
Detroit : [publisher not identified], 1826.