JUNE 19TH, 1814: Captain Arthur Sinclair and Lt. Col. George Croghan begin a four-month expedition against the British in the upper Great Lakes.
United States Secretary of the Navy William Jones ordered a joint army-navy expedition to the Upper Great Lakes.
The campaign had several objectives: the recapture of Fort Mackinac with an eye to disrupting British-First Nations (Indians) and Metis relations, the capture of British Fort St. Joseph, the destruction of any British shipbuilding facilities and generally to secure the command of the upper Great lakes.
--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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