Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Rendezvous At Georgetown

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William B. Northcutt Journal "Both [William Northcutt and probably Robert Harrison , his teacher] volunteered in the army and ...
Monday, February 17, 2014

Col. Simrall's Letter To Major Speed

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Source A letter from Colonel James Simrall , Shelbyville, Kentucky, to Major Thomas Speed , Nelson County, Kentucky, dated 17 Febru...
Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Yankees Squint

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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 County...
Saturday, June 22, 2013

Defence Of Craney Island

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Note:  The 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Craney Island will be commemorated this weekend . A critique of an historical account from...
Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Did Canada Win The War Of 1812?

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According to this article  in the National Post, an U.S. historian admits that Canada won the War of 1812: "Johns Hopkins University ...
Saturday, December 29, 2012

James Fenimore Cooper's Book Of Naval History

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A phrase at the James Fenimore Cooper Society website  stated that "There can be no question about the importance of Cooper's plac...
Thursday, April 5, 2012

Works Consulted for 1812, The War And Its Moral: A Canadian Chronicle

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A list of works consulted for 1812, the war and its moral: a Canadian chronicle  By William Foster Coffin:
Friday, March 2, 2012

A Canadian Historical Perspective Of The War Of 1812

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1812, the war and its moral: a Canadian chronicle By William Foster Coffin, was written from the Canadian point of view and published in 18...