From the November 9, 2013, Quad-City Times (Davenport, Iowa) "Researcher invites you to battlefield tour of Credit island" by Alma Gant.
Davenport has the distinction as the westernmost site of a War of 1812 battle.. Two lectures were given on this battle on November 11, 2013.
It was fought in September 1814, one of only two battles west of the Mississippi River, the other being at Fort Madison, Iowa.
The Battle of Credit island was fought between 335 Americans in eight fortified keelboats who fought 1,200 Indians on both banks of the Mississippi River assisted by 26-30 British soldiers with one 3-pdr light cannon and two 1-pdr. swivel guns.
it was fought on Credit and Pelican islands.
--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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