MAY 7, 1812: Robert Lucas organized three companies from his brigade with the companies of Lucas and Rupe into a battalion.
JULY 17, 1812: "I was now informed that the sentence of the Court martial I left Siting on the trial of Capt. Rupe was that he should be Cashiered and not permitted to bare arms as an officer in the Defence of the United States.
And, we know that his men immediately re-elected him to be their captain.
--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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