Exchange Of Paymaster

  

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Fort George

29 March 1813

...the exchange of Paymaster Brook of the 49th Regiment who was captured in the merchant vessel Elizabeth in Lake Ontario on the 11th of November last...

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Armistead T. Mason

Source

1813 War Of 1812 Timeline (First Group)

1813 Timeline (with modifications) via Wikipedia:

1813	Jan 12	William Jones serves as Secretary of the Navy
1813	Jan 22	Battle of Frenchtown
1813	Jan 23	River Raisin massacre
1813	Feb 5	John Armstrong serves as Secretary of War
1813	Feb 6	Raid on Elizabethtown
1813	Feb 16	104th Regiment commences march from Fredericton to Upper Canada
1813	Feb 22	Battle of Ogdensburg
1813	Feb 24	Sinking of HMS Peacock
1813	Mar	USS Essex rounds Cape Horn, preys on British whaling ships
1813	Mar 3	Admiral George Cockburn's squadron arrives in Lynnhaven Bay
1813	Mar 19	Sir James Lucas Yeo appointed Commander-in-chief of the Lake Squadrons
1813	Mar 27	Oliver Hazard Perry constructs Lake Erie fleet
1813	Mar 30	British blockade from Long Island to Mississippi
1813	Apr 1	Commerce raids begin in Chesapeake Bay
1813	Apr 6	Lewes, Delaware bombarded by British
1813	Apr 13	Capture of Mobile, Alabama
1813	Apr 15	Americans occupy West Florida
1813	Apr 27	Battle of York

At the capture of Fort Niagara

 

British Military and Naval Records (RG 8, C Series) - (Page 5367) Microform:c-11837:

Source

McDonald, Donald. Ensign, 8th or King's Regt. At the capture of Fort Niagara, Dec. 19th, 1813.
Lt. Col. Ogilvie

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Capes Charles And Henry

The British Navy vessels were between Cape Charles and Cape Henry (September 1814?):

1814 Partial Map Showing Capes Charles And Henry (LOC)

"...than the sails were again hoisted; and the ships steering under the influence of a leading wind, between the Capes Charles and Henry, stood in gallant style up the Chesapeake. [Source]