Map Of The Niagara Frontier Ops

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Another map of the Niagara area here.

A list of maps from Brock University.

Elias Darnell's Journal

A journal containing an accurate and interesting ... 

"General Harrison overtook the army between Lebanon and Dayton [Ohio]."  The diarist was part of the troops were were still in Kentucky when it was learned that General Hull had surrendered Detroit.  They crossed the Ohio on the 27th [August of 1813] and presumed that their destination was Fort Wayne.

 

[September] 6th. We marched at 12 o'clock—we left all our sick and part of our clothing and baggage at Piqua, in order to make as much speed as possible. On the morning of the 8th, three miles from St. Mary's, one of Captain M'Gowen's company was accidentally shot through the body by one of the sentinels; the surgeon thought it mortal.* * He died in a few days.

Letters of Colonel Mansfield

From the Quarterly Publication of the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio

Six letters of Colonel Jared Mansfield of the U. S. Engineer Corps to his nephew Lieut. Joseph Totten (later Major General and for a long time Chief of the Engineer Corps.) These bear dates of 1808, 1811 & 1812, of these two hold references to Hull's expedition to Detroit, and a third contains an account of the appearance of an earthquake in Cincinnati, December 16th, 1811... . ...."I hope we shall experience no more of these awful phenomena of nature. They have been (by account) more dreadful in the country west, on or beyond the Mississippi."


A letter from Colonel Mansfield to Joseph Larwell (Larwill) is housed at Newberry.

Little Turtle's Warning

Little Turtle

"In 1808, Little Turtle, who had formerly acted with the English, was one of the first to notify the Americans of the perfidy of the English agents and traders.... ." [Source]

Corrections To Haldimand History

A Google Doc entitled Harper I corrections suggests corrections to J. Russell Harper's Early History of Haldimand County regarding the War of 1812.  The first example:

Would Winchester's Army Have Been Wiped Out?

Apparently it is [General] Proctor's opinion that in an open field the whole of Winchester's army would have been wiped out [at the Battle Of The River Raisin].    From the Historical collections, Volume 15  by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society.

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Monroe, From the Battle-Ground [Frenchtown/River Raisin]

Winchester's whole army was not wiped out but there were at:

"the Close of the Fearful Day saw 600 Americans prisoners of war and 397 dead, the greater number being the defenseless wounded, who were the victims of the Indian war club and tomahawk to which Proctor's cruel treachery had granted full license." [Source]

The Bravery Of Doyle's Wife

Part of a letter to General Alex. Smythe from Lieutenant Colonel George M'Feeley, commanding officer at Fort Niagara dated 25 November 1812:

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An instance of extraordinary bravery in a female (the wife of one Doyle, a private of the United States' artillery, made a prisoner at Queenstown) I cannot pass over.  During the most tremendous cannonading I have ever seen, she attended the six pounder on the old mess house with red hot shot, and showed fortitude equal to the maid of Orleans.

This blog post has the story of Mrs. Doyle and features an interesting picture.  Another good blog post here.

See what happened to Mrs. Doyle.