From the April 30, 2010, Wilmington (NC) Star-News "My Reporter" by Meston Vanoe.
No battles were fought in North Carolina, but the British did occupy Ocracoke and Portsmouth islands in the Outer Banks from July 12-16, 1813. This scared the state and the militia was called out, some going to Wilmington.
Johnston Blakely was a naval hero from Wilmington who commanded the sloop USS Wasp that captured the HMS Reindeer
Captain Otway Burns was from Onslow County and was a leading privateer. he is buried in Beaufort in a tomb topped with cannons from his ship, the Snap Dragon. His desk and a model of his ship are at the North Carolina Maritime Museum.
Brunswick County raised a company of volunteers for the North Carolina Militia.
After the war, the government increased the size of the Navy. Seven ships-of-the-line, the most powerful ships of their day, were built. One was the USS North Carolina which was launched in 1820 and commissioned in 1824.
--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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