After the battle, William Gaines returned to Fort Seneca until after the news of Perry's victory at the Battle of Lake Erie. They marched past Fort Stephenson, got into boats and crossed over into Canada.
They landed at Colonel Elliot's wharf and from there went to Fort Malden, then to Sand Beach and on October 5, fought at the Battle of the Thames.
Gaines remained with the Army after the war and participated in the Black Hawk War.
During the Civil War, he was in charge of the quartermaster's store at the Madison Barracks in New York.
--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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