From Wikipedia.
Benjamin Howard moved along the Mississippi River with Col. Benjamin Stephenson in an attempt to clear the Indians out.
1760-September 18, 1814
Congressman from Kentucky, first governor of Missouri Territory, brigadier general War of 1812.
Born in Lexington, Kentucky, then part of Virginia and graduated 1797 from College of William and Mary. Served in the 10th and 11th Congresses from Kentucky. On April 17, 1810, was appointed by President James Madison to be governor of Louisiana Territory (the part of the Louisiana Purchase north of the present day state of Louisiana.
--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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