NOVEMBER 17, 1814: While on a secret mission to destroy the HMS St. Lawrence, Midshipman James McGowan discovers and captures two British gunboats on the upper St. Lawrence River and returns to Sackets Harbor, New York, with prisoners.
NOVEMBER 22, 1814: Andrew Jackson leaves for New Orleans when he learns that there is an impending British attack ion that place.
NOVEMBER 24, 1814: Shipwreck of the HMS Fantome near Prospect, Nova Scotia, while escorting a convoy from Castine, District of Maine to Halifax, Nova Scotia.
--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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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Timeline for March 1814, 200 Years Ago-- Part 1
From historicplaces.ca.
DURING MARCH 1814: Arrival of British reinforcements at Quebec City, Lower Canada, via New Brunswick: 2nd battalion of the 8th Regiment and men from HMS Fantome and HMS Arab.
Provisional militia unit Loyal Essex Volunteers formed in Upper Canada.
MARCH 4TH: After the American victory at the Battle of the Thames in October 1813, large areas of Upper Canada essentially became No-Man's Land with both sides launching foraging forays.
These units would sometimes clash like at this engagement. Two hundred Americans were on their way to attack Delaware, Upper Canada, and were met by 240 British. The Americans, under Andrew Holmes, built breastworks on what is now known as Battle Hill.
After a one and a half hour battle and many British casualties, the Americans were driven off and returned to Detroit.
-Brock-Perry
DURING MARCH 1814: Arrival of British reinforcements at Quebec City, Lower Canada, via New Brunswick: 2nd battalion of the 8th Regiment and men from HMS Fantome and HMS Arab.
Provisional militia unit Loyal Essex Volunteers formed in Upper Canada.
MARCH 4TH: After the American victory at the Battle of the Thames in October 1813, large areas of Upper Canada essentially became No-Man's Land with both sides launching foraging forays.
These units would sometimes clash like at this engagement. Two hundred Americans were on their way to attack Delaware, Upper Canada, and were met by 240 British. The Americans, under Andrew Holmes, built breastworks on what is now known as Battle Hill.
After a one and a half hour battle and many British casualties, the Americans were driven off and returned to Detroit.
-Brock-Perry
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