MAY 6TH, 1814: A British amphibious force captures Oswego, New York.
MAY 12TH, 1814: The American schooner Ticonderoga (17 guns) is launched at Vergennes, Vermont, to strengthen the Lake Champlain squadron.
MAY 14TH, 1864: Failed British attack on the American Navy yard at Otter Creek (Vergennes, Vermont. The expedition had left the British naval base at Ile aux Noix, Lower Canada, on May 8th.
MAY 14-16, 1814: American force under Colonel John Campbell raid and burn Port Dover, Charlottesville, Patterson's Creek and Long Point, Upper Canada.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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