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In the last post I mentioned that Robert Lucas, a member of the USMA Class of 1806 died at French Mills, NY, in Feb. 1814. I did some further research.
FRENCH MILLS, NY
Site of a sawmill which started making clothes in 1795 under owner Peter K. Broek. This is not the French Mills to which the U.S. Army under General Wilkinson retired to after the Battle of Crysler's Farm.
FORT COVINGTON, NY
In 2010, the population was 1,671. It was originally named French Mills. In July 1813 a blockhouse was built here to shelter wounded soldiers and to provide winter headquarters. It was named after Gen. Leonard Covington, a casualty of the War of 1812.
--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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