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):

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.

Wounded at Lundy's Lane

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

Donald McDonald

Wounded at Lundy's Lane

Cross-posted at Detour Through History

Reinforced By Fusileers

On the 4th of June our little [British] army was reinforced by the arrival of the 21st Fusiliers, a fine battalion, mustering nine hundred bayonets, under the command of Colonel Paterson. [Source]

On The 21st Of October

An account of the Battle of Châteauguay: being a lecture delivered at ...,  By William Douw Lighthall:

Plot New Mischief

Baltimore, Maryland, Map, Circa 1781 (LOC)

Source

Two Gunboats Lost In The Weeds

Swamp Near New Orleans, Louisiana

Source

Major Daniel Carmick's memorial at FindAGrave.

Stood Towards America

Sign From Museum At Fortress Monroe, Virginia

Heading Towards Chesapeake Bay:

Source

The Morning Of July 19

"The battle of Campbell's Island", July 19, 1814

On the morning of July 19, before breakfast, the boats all set sail and started up the river, with a fine breeze. During the night a party of Indians arrived at the Sac village from Prairie du Chien, coming down Rock river bringing the Sacs six kegs of powder and telling them that the fort at Prairie du Chien had been captured by the British. These messengers told the Sacs that the British wished them to again join them in the war against the Americans, which the Indians agreed to do.

Attack On Fort Michilimackinac

Distant View Of Mackinac Island

Source

"Capt. Charles Roberts to Colonel Baynes: Fort Michilimackinac, 17th July, 1812. Sir,—On the 15th instant I received letters by Express from Major General Brock, with orders to adopt the most prudent measures either of offence or defence which circumstances might point out, and haying received intelligence from the best information that large reinforcements were daily expected to be thrown into this garrison, and finding that the Indians who had been collected would soon have abandoned me if I had not made the attempt, with the thorough conviction that my situation at St. Joseph's was totally indefensible, I determined to lose no time in making the meditated attack on this Fort."

Hull Was Assured By The Government

Ohio Swamp (Similar To Terrain General Hull's Army Encountered)

Source

Source

Determined To Surrender

Depiction Of Frenchtown - River Raisin Battlefield National Park

Source

A Harrowing Experience For Rachel Knaggs

An excerpt from the History of the Knaggs family:

Source

FindAGrave memorial for Rachel Knaggs.

Visiting Family While Fort Was Captured

Source (December, 1813, Entries)

"Capt. Leonard, the commanding officer of the fort, was [visiting] with his family. He came very early to the garrison in the morning, but was much surprised to be challenged by a British sentinel, who made prisoner of him." 

Bayonets Are Trumps

Source

Wikipedia account of the December 19, 1813, capture.

War-Swept Valley Of The Maumee

Fort Meigs, Perrysburg, Ohio

Skirmish In October

Chronological Tables for Every Day in the Year, Volume 2,  By Francis Shallus:

October 15, 1814

Roundhead, A Celebrated Chief

"Roundhead, a celebrated chief of the Wyandots, an Indian warror and strategist, captured Gen. Winchester at the battle of the Raisin. Proctor considered the death of Roundhead at the battle of the Thames a serious loss to the British cause. A proved warrior as this incident will show. At the capture of Detroit Gen. Brock took off his own rich crimson silk sash and fastened it around the waist of Tecumseh. Next day Tecumseh appearing without the much prized sash. Brock inquired the reason. Tecumseh answered: 'I do not want to wear such a mark of distinction when an older and abler warrior than myself is present.'  He had given the sash to Roundhead. [Source - Michigan Historical Collections, Volume 15]

John Lipscomb's Claims

War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848...(Microform: t-1132):

Lipscomb Claim
18 September 1815

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John Lipscomb of the River Thames

From the 18th to the 22nd September 1813

employed in conveying baggage 

belonging to the 41st Regiment 

with a waggon and span of horses

7 days employed in conveying provisions 

from Burlington Heights to

Amherstburg (Mat Dolson's)

with a waggon and span of horses

Witnesses: George Ward, Christr Arnold, Benjn Jones

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Delaware Township

22 September 1813

(Information above verified by John Higgins, Sergeant, 1st Battalion, 41st Regiment)

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(Verified by Richard Cochrell?)

John Lipscomb

Claim #2

...Army under Major General Proctor

---potatoes destroyed by our own Indians

Witnesses: Bill Lightfoot, Benjn Jones, Michell Lalois