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...

Cross-posted at Detour Through History

General Duncan MacArthur's Raid

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

In The Event Of Alarm

 

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In the event of alarm...

Cross-posted at Detour Through History

State Of The Barracks

  

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

Cross-posted at Detour Through History

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.

William Cameron Killed At Fort George

  

Upper Canada Sundries : C-4543

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...certify that William Cameron Private in the 1st Reg't of Lincoln Militia was killed in the attack of the enemy on Fort George on the 27th May 1813...

Cross-posted at Cameron Collections And Detour Through History

Securing Documents In Case Of Attack In War Of 1812

  

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Securing documents in case of attack in War of 1812

10 April 1813

Officers To Build Ships

  Upper Canada Sundries : C-4543:

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Cross-posted at Detour Through History

Court Martials In Kingston

Proceedings of a Militia General Court Martial held at Kingston on Dec. 6, 1813, for the trial of Amos McIntyre. Upper Canada Sundries : C-4508, Image 490

Image 514 cost of court martial

Modified War of 1812 Timeline

(Modified) Timeline - War of 1812 

Original by Martin Kelly, About.com Guide (no longer online?)

• 1803-1812 - British impress approximately 10,000 Americans forcing them to work on British ships.
• 1806 - The British blockade France; American ships are caught in the middle and the British seize approximately 1000 US ships.
• June 1807 - The American ship Chesapeake is fired on by the British ship Leopard after refusing to be boarded. This creates an international incident.
• 1811 - Battle of Tippecanoe - Tecumseh's brother (the Prophet) leads attack on William Henry Harrison's army of 1000 men.
• June 18, 1812 - America declares war against the British. 
• August 16, 1812 - U.S. loses Ft. Mackinac as the British invade American territory.
• 1812 - Three attempts are made by the U.S. to invade Canada. They all end in failure.
• 1812 - The USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides") defeats the HMS Guerriere.
• January 1813 - Battle of Frenchtown. The American survivors are killed in the Raisin River Massacre.
• April 1813 - Battle of York (Toronto). 
• September 1813 - Battle of Lake Erie. 
• October 1813 - Battle of Thames (Ontario, Canada). Tecumseh is killed in a US victory.
• March 27, 1814 - Battle of Horseshoe Bend (Mississippi Territory). 
• 1814 - The British plan a 3-part invasion of US: Chesapeake Bay, Lake Champlain, and the mouth of Mississippi River. The British are eventually turned back at Baltimore harbor. 
• August 24-25, 1814 - The British burn Washington, D.C. and Madison flees the White House.
• September 1814 - Battle of Plattsburgh (Lake Champlain).
• December 24, 1814 - Treaty of Ghent. The British and American diplomats agree to return to the status quo from before the war.
• January 1815 - Battle of New Orleans. Andrew Jackson scores a huge victory and paves the way to the White House.

Light Horse Passed Here

Source

"...the army encamped at the Widow Dolsen's."

There were Dolsons/Dolsens mentioned at this blog post: Settlements On Lake Erie And The River Thames

General Orders, Kingston, 25th November, 1813

Upper Canada Sundries : C-4508 (Image 488):

"Complimenting Lt. Col. Bostwick & his associates for their gallantry in capturing destroying a band of traitors."

On The 21st Of October

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

Queeston Heights Battle

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From The Writings Of James Madison

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War Of 1812 (Second Part Of The 1812 Timeline)

Note: Outline Per Wikipedia (with revisions):

1812	Jul 17	Capture of Fort Mackinac*
1812	Jul 19	Attack at Sackets Harbor**
1812	Aug 5	Battle of Brownstown
1812	Aug 8	British General Isaac Brock embarks at Port Dover for the relief of Amherstburg***
1812	Aug 8	Battle of Maguaga
1812	Aug 15	Fort Dearborn massacre
1812	Aug 16	Surrender of Detroit
1812	Aug 19	Capture of HMS Guerriere****

* "That it should fare hard with the garrison of Fort Mackinac was, under the circumstances, a foregone conclusion. They [the British] were...stationed at St. Joseph's Island. Capt. Roberts received intelligence of the declaration of war on July 15 and was directed to attack Fort Mackinac immediately.  Among the force of a thousand and odd must have been many who knew Mackinac well; indeed, as a former British post, fort and island must have been familiar in every detail to the officers in command, and on this knowledge, no doubt, was based the plan of attack." [Source]

** Gunboats were in process of construction at Sackets Harbor... . One of these, the Oneida, was attacked July 19, 1812, by five British vessels... . [Source]

 *** General Brock told us that it was his intention to go up at once to the western district along the shore of Lake Erie in boats to embark at what is now Port Dover. [Source]

Maguaga Battle-Ground

**** To compensate our readers in some degree for the disappointment and mortification they cannot but feel at the misfortune of our little army under gen. Hull, it is with feelings of pride and pleasure that we refer them to the gallant exploit of capt. Hull, his nephew, in the frigate Constitution in capturing and destroying the British frigate Guerriere. [Source]

Le Breton And Lundy's Lane

Killed, wounded and missing (at Lundy's Lane):

Source

Lt. Le Breton listed among the wounded (above).

 294. Lieut. John LeBreton, Royal Newfoundland regiment; engineer officer under Proctor in the expedition to the forts of the Miamis (Fort Meigs on the Maumee), May, 1815 deputy assistant quartermaster general on the staff of Lieut. Gen. Sir Gordon Drummond severely wounded at Lundy's Lane ,July 25, 1814; commended in general orders for his gallant and conspicuous conduct. An intelligent and trustworthy young officer. [Source]

Reconnoitering Under McArthur

On the 14th [of July] a company of militia and a rifle corps, under colonel M'cArthur, were detached to reconnoitre the country. They penetrated to M'Gregor's mills, upon the river La Tranche, or Thames, a short distance from the field of battle where the British army was captured fifteen months afterwards by general Harrison. On the 17th, they returned to camp, having collected a great quantity of provisions, and a number of blankets, besides a considerable quantity of ammunition and other military stores.

1812 Map Including The Thames River In Canada (LOC)

That part of Upper Canada traversed by the detachment is described by one of the volunteers that composed it as extremely fertile and beautiful. The fields of wheat and Indian corn were remarkably fine; but as every male capable of bearing arms had been drafted for the defence of the province, vast quantities of the wheat remained ungathered. [Source]

Hull Was Assured By The Government

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

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War Of 1812 Initial Timeline

Note: Outline Per Wikipedia (with revisions)

1812	Jun	Baltimore riots (NPS)
1812	Jun 18	Declaration of war by the United States
1812	Jun 29	Schooners Sophia and Island Packet taken by the British in the St. Lawrence River
1812	Jul 1	United States doubles customs duties
1812	Jul 12	U.S. General William Hull's army invades Upper Canada at Sandwich
1812	Jul 16	Skirmish at River Canard