Map Of The Thames Battle

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Battle Of The Thames Map

Portrait Of Zebulon Montgomery Pike

Source: The military heroes of the war of 1812: with a narrative of the war 

Eleazer Ripley

Portrait originally posted on another blog post.

File of Brig. Gen'l E. W. Ripley at Fold3:  Publication Title: Letters Received By The Office Of The Adjutant General, 1805-1821:

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Also see the gravestone of General Ripley.

Engagement Near Boothbay, Maine

"An event took place in 1814 which is the only known instance resulting in loss of life within the town limits during the war."  A story from the History of Boothbay, Southport and Boothbay Harbor, Maine. 1623-1905:

A British war vessel came into the harbor and exchanged several shots with the defenses on McFarland's Point.

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"The soldiers ashore had but one field piece."

They were ordered around the head of the harbor at double quick... .  As the vessel came in toward the shore in the bay, a son of Grover who was standing front of the house, discharged his musket at it; they replied, the shot striking him in the head. The harbor troops had almost reached the spot when the shot was fired, and, arriving a moment after, found the boy lying dead... ."

Horseshoe Bend Military Park

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See A War Within A War, the Huntsville Militia, William Tom and Absalom Brown.

Fort Holmes

This Fort was built while the British held possession of the Island in 1812 and 1814.  It was called by the British Fort George; in honor of the British king, afterward rechristened by the Americans in honor of Maj. Andrew Hunter Holmes, who was killed August 4, 1814, during an unsuccessful attempt by the Americans to regain possession of Fort Mackinac.  [Annals of Fort Mackinac]

William Whistler

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William Whistler

William Whistler married Julia Fearson in Detroit in 1802.

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Distinguished in Battle of Maguaga, August 9, 1812....

He was at Fort Mackinac post-war, in 1816.