Fort Harrison is considered the first American victory of the War of 1812, coming after some disastrous and embarrassing losses.Shortly afterwards, Fort Wayne was also relieved and thus ended the last Indian threat to Indiana Territory.
In retaliation for the attack on the fort and the Pigeon Roost massacre, Colonel Russell continued into Illinois with the Indiana Rangers where they fought the Kickapoo Indians at Peoria Lake.
Fort Harrison's beleaguered commander, Captain Zachary Taylor, was breveted to major.
Since both Taylor and William Henry Harrison went on to become president, Fort Harrison is sometimes referred to as "The Fort of the Two Presidents."
Many years after the Attack At the Narrows, Lt. (Sgt) Fairbanks' sword was found stuck in a log and given to the Indiana State Museum where it is today.
In 1908, the Indiana Society of the Sons of the American Revolution attempted to make the site of Fort Harrison, long gone by then, a national historic park, but failed.
More to Indiana's War of 1812 Role Than I Knew. --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.
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Showing posts with label Fairbanks Indiana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fairbanks Indiana. Show all posts
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Friday, September 28, 2012
Fairbanks, Indiana
Yesterday, I wrote that this town was named after Lt. Fairbanks, leader of the first group to be ambushed at the Attack of the Narrows. I looked up the town, and didn't find much about it other than it is unincorporated and has a population of about 100. It is in the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area, in Fairbanks Township in Sullivan County.
Plus, Fairbanks might also have been a sergeant and his first name was Nathan.
I did come across plenty of stuff about Fairbanks, Alaska, though. Also, there was no mention of who the Fairbanks in Indiana was named, but I'm fairly sure it must have been the lieutenant.
According to IMDB, an Indiana State Historical Marker was erected in Fairbanks in 1989 that reads:
A War of 1812 military action occurred in September 1812 three miles west of here. While escorting supplies from Fort Knox near Vincennes to Fort Harrison at Terre Haute, Sergeant Nathan Fairbanks and approximately a dozen soldiers were ambushed--and most killed-- by Indians."
I definitely Will Have to Do a War of 1812 Tour the Next Time I'm On US-41 Driving Through There. --Brock-Perry
Plus, Fairbanks might also have been a sergeant and his first name was Nathan.
I did come across plenty of stuff about Fairbanks, Alaska, though. Also, there was no mention of who the Fairbanks in Indiana was named, but I'm fairly sure it must have been the lieutenant.
According to IMDB, an Indiana State Historical Marker was erected in Fairbanks in 1989 that reads:
A War of 1812 military action occurred in September 1812 three miles west of here. While escorting supplies from Fort Knox near Vincennes to Fort Harrison at Terre Haute, Sergeant Nathan Fairbanks and approximately a dozen soldiers were ambushed--and most killed-- by Indians."
I definitely Will Have to Do a War of 1812 Tour the Next Time I'm On US-41 Driving Through There. --Brock-Perry
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