Showing posts with label General Harrison. Show all posts
Showing posts with label General Harrison. Show all posts
Monday, January 18, 2021

Alexander A. Meek To General Gano

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Alexander A. Meek To General John S. Gano  Headquarters Upper Sandusky Jany 18th, 1813. My worthy old friend Genl. Harrison ordered...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Headquartered At Put-in-Bay

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Perry established his headquarters at Put-in-Bay, an indentation on the northern coast of South Bass Island, which lies some twenty mil...
Saturday, February 9, 2019

William Henry Harrison In Uniform

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Source William Henry Harrison
Saturday, January 19, 2019

Lay In The Black Swamp

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General Area Of The Black Swamp In Ohio ( Source - LOC ) This rain in January, 1813, was very general, especially in the valley of th...
Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Zachary Taylor's Early Career

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Source Colonel Taylor destined his son William for the Army, while Zachary was to be a farmer. The former died soon after entering th...
Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Fort Amanda

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From The Ohio Country ....(See e-mail information below)*   The three thousand men then at Fort Barbee were at once started direct for ...
Friday, August 18, 2017

Captain John Barrickman's Diary

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Below is an excerpt from Captain Barrickman's Diary (source -  United States History War of 1812 Personal narratives...) :
Friday, October 14, 2016

Don't Go To Bed Hungry

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Did They Also Have Tea To Drink?   A Block Of Tea At An Historic Fort From  Pioneer Collections ...(recollections of Aura P. Stewart...
Wednesday, October 5, 2016

The Mutual Destruction Of Tecumseh And Colonel Whitley

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Source From  Pioneer Collections ...(recollections of Aura P. Stewart of St. Clair County, Michigan): "...an account of a ve...
Saturday, July 30, 2016

Sought Safety In Detroit

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From  Pioneer Collections , Volume 4, by the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan (recollections of Aura P. Stewart of St. Clair C...
Friday, July 1, 2016

Citizen Prisoners

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"The British, while holding Detroit, to prevent Gen. Harrison from gaining information of their strength and operations, kept a...
Monday, January 25, 2016

Little Turtle's Last Speech

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Little Turtle (Me-she-kin-no-quah): the great chief of the Miami Indian ... :
Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Bounty On Knaggs' Head

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James Knaggs' testimony from the  Congressional serial set : I hereby certify that the foregoing testimony of James Knaggs... . ...of...
Saturday, November 7, 2015

History Of The Fourth Regiment

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Harrison At Tippecanoe A history of the organization and movements of the 4th regiment of Infantry, U.S.A., 1796-1870. "...the ...
Thursday, October 8, 2015

Le Breton On The Thames

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On The Thames From  ....  the Le Breton flats....  : After the disastrous battle at Moraviantown [AKA Thames ] where the British ...
Thursday, September 24, 2015

Known As The Harrison Military Trail

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Sunday, August 9, 2015

More Rentless And Destructive

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An excerpt from the   Life and letters of Judge Thomas J. Anderson ...: His [Thomas Anderson's] sons William, Joseph and Abner, took ...
Saturday, July 4, 2015

4th Of July At Fort Wayne

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The first celebration of the Fourth of July at Fort Wayne of which a record has been preserved occurred in the year 1810.  ...Command...
Friday, June 19, 2015

General Harrison Portrait

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Friday, June 5, 2015

Document Delays

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Source [First State House In Chillicothe , Ohio] War of 1812 Era Governors Messages and Letters, Volume 2 ...: General Orders  ...