William Miller, Governor of North Carolina-- Part 1: Supported Madison's Military Policy

From the December 10, 2020, Elizabeth City (NC) Daily Advance  "Week in NC History: William Miller, Governor during the War of 1812."

On December 10, 1825, former Governor William Miller died in Key West, Florida.

Born around 1783 in Warren County., Miller worked  as a private lawyer, the state's attorney general and a member of the General Assembly before first being elected as governor in 1814.  He went on to serve three terms in that post, and was the first to occupy   the newly completed Governors' Palace at the south end of Raleigh's Fayetteville Street.

Active on the national political stage, Miller supported the military policies of  President James Madison during the concluding weeks of the War of 1812 by ordering out additional militia units for potential service on the southern frontier.

--Brock-Perry

The State of the War February 19, 1813-- Part 2

From the Feb. 19, 1813, Raleigh (NC) Register.

News from Washington, DC from Feb. 13th.

**  Several letters from Buffalo report that General Winchester was not killed at the Battle of the River Raisin as previously reported from Ohio, but had been taken prisoner.

Letters from General William Henry Harrison to Ohio Governor Meigs "giving a much more cheering account of the late disaster (River Raisin) say U.S. soldiers "fought like heroes" and the British lost as many killed as the U.S..  They were defeated because of "greatly superior numbers of the Indians and British" and lack of ammunition.  "600 said to have been taken prisoner."

**  Have learned from Richmond "that the British have landed on Smith's Island (at the mouth of Cape Charles) and have erected a fortification, and established telegraphic communication with the squadron in the Bay."

Keeping Up With the News.  --Brock-Perry