Showing posts with label Missouri. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Missouri. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 21, 2019

First Lieutenant On The Constitution

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The Charles Morris Papers are held at the University of Michigan's Clements Library: "By the outbreak of the War of 1812, Morri...
Thursday, September 20, 2018

Meet Me In St. Louis

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Portion Of Map With Mississippi River From Northern Illinois To Missouri The aftermath of   "The battle of Campbell's Island...
Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Keel Boats

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Governor Clark , with several gentlemen who had accompanied him on the expedition, together with Captain John Sullivan and his company of m...
Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Jackson Ordered To St. Louis

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Andrew Jackson Statue In New Orleans "Over in Missouri, however, Illinois Indians continued a constant warfare well into the yea...
Monday, November 21, 2016

Campaigns Of The War Of 1812 (Southwest)

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Wednesday, September 16, 2015

War In The Missouri Territory

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Battles that were part of the St. Louis theatre: Battle of Cote Sans Dessein (1815) - Mo Terr. Battle of the Sink Hole (1815) - ...
Thursday, July 2, 2015

General Bissell's Papers

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Bissell's signature on a pre-war document dated 2 July 1806 from Fort Massac [...Army Inspector, St. Louis, Upper Louisiana]: Sourc...
Thursday, June 4, 2015

Bissell And The Louisiana Territory

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Louisiana Territory Upon the purchase of the province of Louisiana from France, President Jefferson appointed [Daniel] Bissell as mil...
Sunday, May 24, 2015

Battle Of The Sink Hole

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Photo From An Adjacent County Of The Sink Hole Site From Wikipedia : The Battle of the Sink Hole was fought on May 24, 1815, after...
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Thursday, December 25, 2014

Old William Jack Haines

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Source Haines, William Jack, aged 110 years.  (Penna. Society) Memorial Home, St. Louis, Mo. Private Served in Captain Gregory...
Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Battle of Cote Sans Dessein

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Source "...at Cote Sans Dessein , Baptiste Louis Roi heroically resisted the attack of a large body of Indians on his cabin....
Friday, August 29, 2014

Charles Gratiot Delivers

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Source Source The beginning of Gratiot's War of 1812 experiences: The day after his hearing of the Declaration of War agai...
Sunday, March 9, 2014

Abram R. Woolley

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From   A dictionary of all officers ...: First Commandant at the Allegheny Arsenal : Source 1820 Court Martial: Source ...
Friday, October 18, 2013

Lyon's Creek

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Josiah Snelling, Jr . ....early developed a military taste and became a distinguished officer in the United States Army taking a prominent ...
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Sunday, September 29, 2013

David Thomson And Notes From The Show Me State

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Search results for the term "1812" in the State Historical Society of Missouri and the Berry-Thomson-Walker Family papers here ...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Some Events In The Life Of General Daniel Bissell

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He was  promoted to colonel in the Fifth Regiment and distinguished himself at Lyon's Creek ( Cook's Mill ). After the war Dani...
Thursday, August 1, 2013

Post-War Problems In Major Chunn's Command

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Major John T. Chunn was a Commandant at Fort Harrison . There was no trouble with hostile Indians during the time of Major Chunn's co...
Thursday, April 25, 2013

William Bush In A Missouri Company

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The Missouri Digital Heritage site contains some soldiers' records from 1812 . Line #9 (not shown above):  BUSH, WILLIAM B.  Wa...
Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Captain Gray And The River Raisin

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Photo By Jim Taken During A Visit To The River Raisin Battlefield From the Examiner, an article about Kentuckians who fought for Mic...
Saturday, November 10, 2012

Oliver Anderson

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In the Oliver Anderson biography at the Battle of Lexington State Historic Site in Missouri, it was noted that: "Oliver Anderson was...