Showing posts with label Wikipedia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wikipedia. Show all posts
Saturday, January 1, 2022

1813 War Of 1812 Timeline (First Group)

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1813 Timeline (with modifications) via Wikipedia: 1813 Jan 12 William Jones serves as Secretary of the Navy 1813 Jan 22 Battle of Fren...
Friday, September 3, 2021

Massacre At Pigeon Roost

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1812 Sep 3 Massacre at  Pigeon Roost
Sunday, November 29, 2020

Governor Hull, A New England Man

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General Hull in an article regarding New England Men In Michigan History as noted in   Michigan History, Volume 5 :
Sunday, September 6, 2020

Battle Of Lake Champlain

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Source Wikipedia explanation of the Battle of Lake Champlain (or Plattsburgh) here .
Thursday, August 13, 2020

The USS Essex Capturing The HMS Alert

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Source 13 August 1812 Details from Wikipedia , including this quote:  With "so trifling a skirmish" Porter later said, Ale...
Saturday, August 8, 2020

War Of 1812 (Second Part Of The 1812 Timeline)

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Note: Outline Per Wikipedia (with revisions): 1812 Jul 17 Capture of Fort Mackinac* 1812 Jul 19 Attack at Sackets Harbor** 181...
Thursday, June 18, 2020

War Of 1812 Initial Timeline

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Note: Outline Per Wikipedia (with revisions) 1812 Jun  Baltimore riots (NPS) 1812 Jun 18 Declaration of war by the United States  1812...
Thursday, December 19, 2019

Bayonets Are Trumps

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Source Wikipedia account of the December 19, 1813, capture.
Sunday, November 3, 2019

Andrew Jackson And The Battle Of Tallushatchee

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Source: Pictorial Life Of Andrew Jackson See The Battle Of Tallushatchee   (3 November 1813) at Wikipedia.
Thursday, August 8, 2019

Memorial To Honor Sailors Lost In War Of 1812

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Oak Hill Cemetery , Prattville, Alabama (Either Section I or J) Excerpt from the Prattville [Alabama] Progress, published April 11, 1...
Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Gilmer Letter Regarding The British In Hampton

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Source - Library Of Virginia Online Excerpts from the Educator Resource for Francis Walker Gilmer Letter (same link as above): ...
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...
Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Senator Butler's Letter Regarding A Spy

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Source Pierce Butler Deposition (online at the Louisiana Digital Library): Pierce Butler Butler's Farm near Philad...
Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Nathaniel Champe And His Snare Drum

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Source Archive Grid listed the Nathaniel Champe papers, 1792-1870, as part of the Detroit Public Library's collection....
Friday, August 10, 2018

Captured By Black Hawk

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Source: Life Of Black Hawk Almost all of the ammunition for the expedition and the supplies for Fort Shelby, except a box of musket ...
Friday, June 1, 2018

Broke's Account

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Source "According to the report of [British]  Captain Broke , the most competent surviving eye-witness, the mizzen channels of t...
Thursday, April 12, 2018

A Thrilling Experience

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Tall Ship On The Great Lakes Source "He had one thrilling experience in the war of 1812. He belonged to an Artillery Comp...
Friday, March 23, 2018

Falls Of Ohio

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Falls of Ohio Mural Letter written by Colonel Jonas Simonds of the 6th Infantry (23rd March 1811?) from his post at Fort Fayette : ...
Monday, March 12, 2018

Michigan Once More Fell To The Ownership Of The United States

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Fort Michilimackinac  (On The Shore Of The Straits Of Mackinac) Michigan History, Volume 5 : "The War for American Independence...