From Wikipedia.
Map of the Upper Mississippi River in 1812, showing U.S. fortifications.
1. Fort Bellefontaine, U.S. headquarters at St. Louis.
2. Fort Osage on the Missouri River, west of St. Louis, abandoned 1813.
3. Fort Madison, defeated 1813 (north of where the Des Monies River flows into the Mississippi).
--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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