Showing posts with label Battle of Fort Erie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Battle of Fort Erie. Show all posts
Sunday, June 9, 2019

Rev. George Ryerson Was A Canadian Soldier

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George Ryerson's profile at Wikitree. Source
Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Map Of The Battle Of Fort Erie

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Source
Sunday, November 19, 2017

Dunlop In The War

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"Already William Dunlop's Canadian experience had been great. H e is one of the forgotten heroes of 1812...  He had then as narro...
Monday, November 30, 2015

For What They Gave

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An excerpt from the For What They Gave website:  West Point Graduates Killed in Action – War of 1812: Class of 1806 Eleazer Derby Woo...
Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Lieutenant David Eberly

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Source "He was first lieutenant in Captain Hendle's company, from Carlisle, in the war of 1812.  In 1814 he walked on foot wi...
Thursday, September 17, 2015

Daniel Davis Was An Officer From New York

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Did Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis attain the rank  General ?  Short answer:  Yes. * Military Minutes.. .,State of New York, included...
Saturday, March 7, 2015

Battle Statistics

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Source
Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Richmonds In War of 1812

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Adam Richmond enlisted in the War of 1812, with his brother Ezra, and they were the first of the ill-fated volunteers who crossed into Can...
Thursday, June 12, 2014

Captain Daniel Buell

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From Metcalf Hatch's biography at Rootsweb : Metcalf Bradley Hatch was born in Genesee County, New York, March 5, 1835. His father, T...
Saturday, March 29, 2014

General Eleazar Wheelock Ripley

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A biography of the General :   Eleazar Wheelock Ripley of the War of 1812..."    Also  here . Source After protracted and sever...
Thursday, February 27, 2014

Sortie At Fort Erie?

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The military heroes of the war of 1812: with a narrative of the war  (Page 170) :
Thursday, January 30, 2014

Thomas Pearson, A Forgotten Hero

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Per Wikipedia : Pearson attached part of his garrison to the pursuing British force under Lieutenant Colonel Morrison and led them at the...
Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Martial Law Proclaimed

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From the   History of the American Troops*.. : Source *Having reduced Fort Erie , the General immediately proclaimed martial law. ...
Sunday, October 27, 2013

The Pension of Russell Andrus

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Major Index Pension List War of 1812 ANDRUS, Russell and Zerviah  W.O. 20853 W.C. 11359 BLW 40713 40 acres 1850; 39704, 120 acre...
Thursday, October 24, 2013

Some Brevets For Gallant Conduct...

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...and the battles in which they were engaged: Source
Friday, October 4, 2013

The Maj. Gardner Court Martial

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The " Court martial : proceedings of a general court martial held at Fort Independence (Boston Harbor), for the trial of Major Charles...
Monday, August 19, 2013

Canadian Colonel Titus Williams

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"...Titus was born in Long Island in 1790, and came over with his father [ Jonathan Williams ]. Four years before the war of 1812, Ti...
Thursday, May 23, 2013

Some Canadian Pensioners

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From the  NIAGARA HISTORICAL SOCIETY NO. 27 : PRISONERS FOR WAR LOSSES, Found in Niagara Spectator, May 23d, 1817 Supplementary list ...
Monday, April 29, 2013

General Daniel Davis

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In   Early Settlers of New York State: Their Ancestors and Descendants, Volume 1   it was stated that Daniel Davis married Naomi Le Barron.....
Monday, November 26, 2012

A Canadian Hero's Death At Fort Erie

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Colonel Hercules Scott , of Brotherton, Scotland, was one of the heroes of 1812, and was killed on the 15th of August, in the same year, ...