Boone County residents were mad about the usurpation of the fur trade by the British and their friendship with the Indians, especially Shawnee Chief Tecumseh.
Kentucky supplied 25,010 troops to American service and suffered more casualties than all the other states combined. Troops from the state served everywhere during the war.
Cannonballs were made in Bath County. The biggest ingredient in gunpowder, saltpeter, came from Saltpeter and Mammoth Caves in Kentucky. Troops mustered in at Newport Barracks.
Boone County militia under Uriel Sebree were at River Raisin. Petersburg resident John Norris served under Perry at the Battle of Lake Erie and Litterberry Noel was at the Battle of New Orleans.
--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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