Showing posts with label General Dearborn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label General Dearborn. Show all posts
Friday, June 7, 2019

Jacob Brown's And Electus Backus's Collaboration

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Jacob Brown "[Jacob Brown]...was residing at his home in Brownsville on the Black River a few miles from Sackett's Harbor had...
Sunday, September 30, 2018

A Canadian's View Of General Henry Dearborn

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Source From   The War of 1812: A History... .,  By Gilbert Auchinleck: "We have already shown that General Dearborn was (if we...
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Saturday, March 21, 2015

Pre-War Deaths At Fort Adams

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Source From the   American state papers:  ... (investigation as to why so many soldiers were dying at Fort Adams): Previous to the ...
Thursday, September 18, 2014

The Entire Want Of Preparation

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Source Mr. Henry Adams in his second volume of the " History of the United States" devotes two chapters to the events conn...
Friday, September 5, 2014

The Cause Of Many Errors

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Source  - Chauncey Was Not The Cause Of Many Errors See another post from his journal here . From the Journal of Major Isaac Roach,...
Sunday, July 20, 2014

Young Zachary Taylor

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Source It was soon after the affair of the Chesapeake and Leopard...that young Taylor , only eighteen years of age, applied for a commi...
Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Mr. Rogers Who Was A British Soldier

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Among the Letters Received By the Adjutant General, 1805 - 1821, was a letter to Secretary of War Henry Dearborn from William Rogers (and a...
Monday, April 28, 2014

His Loss Will Be Severely Felt

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Fort Pike In Louisiana From the  Official letters of the military : Source [Excerpted] HEADQUARTERS, YORK, UPPER CANADA, Apr...
Friday, November 1, 2013

Portrait of Stephen Van Rensselaer

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Source From The War of 1812 website: "Despite being an anti-war Federalist, a political rival publicly suggested that Van Rens...
Thursday, July 25, 2013

CT Letters By Smith And Griswold

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The letter from Lieut.-Gov. John Cotton Smith is a valuable missing link in the correspondence between State-authorities and the General G...
Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Capture Of Fort George Engraving

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Source:  Cassier's Magazine Battle of Fort George.
Thursday, April 4, 2013

The American Army's Three Divisions

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In the beginning of 1813, the American Army was organized in three divisions.   First, the Army of the North under General Wade Hampto...
Wednesday, December 26, 2012

General Alexander Smyth

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Source Was appointed President Jefferson colonel of a United States regiment, which he commanded at the until 1811, when he was ordere...
Sunday, December 2, 2012

Captain Weeks' Company Payroll

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From A List Of Pensioners Of The War Of 1812 : PAYROLL OF A COMPANY OF INFANTRY COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN JOHN W. WEEKS , OF THE ELEVENTH R...
Sunday, November 11, 2012

My Kingdom For A Horse

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From   The military heroes of the war of 1812: with a narrative of the war   : The University of Indiana library's online exhibit h...
Tuesday, May 1, 2012

General Henry Dearborn

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 Henry Dearborn (1751-1829), who was born in New Hampshire, also fought in the Revolutionary War*.   *Dearborn volunteered for service in ...
Monday, April 16, 2012

Reenactment Of The Battle Of Stoney Creek

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The Battle of Stoney Creek , 6 June 1813, will be reenacted on June 2 and 3, 2012, near present day Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.  A YouTub...