In 1812, Samuel Hopkins was appointed commander in chief of the Western frontier which consisted of the Illinois and Indiana Territories. He was in the Peoria War and commanded at Spur's Defeat. I will have to research Spur's Defeat.
After these losses, he resigned his commission.
He was a member of the 13th U.S. Congress 1813-1815 and was succeeded by Alney McLean, who I have already written about.
He is buried at Spring Garden Cemetery in Henderson, Kentucky, alongside two of his daughters.
Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and Hopkins County, Kentucky are named after him.
--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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