On April 4, 1818, by an Act of Congress, it was requested that the president of the United States present Richard Johnson with a sword in honor of his "daring and distinguished valor" at the Battle of the Thames. This made him one of only 14 military officers presented a sword by Congress before the Civil War.
In August 1814, the British attacked, captured and burned down many buildings in Washington, D.C.. Congress formed a committee to investigate the circumstances and Richard Johnson became the chairman of it. he delivered the committee's final report.
The Treaty of Ghent ended the war, even as Johnson was preparing to return to Kentucky to raise another military unit.
After the war, he turned his attention to issues like securing pensions for widows and orphans of the War of 1812 and funding internal improvements in the West.
I am only taking his story up to here, but it continues to be of interest after that.
--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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