What's in a Name? 'The Anglo-American War' Is There a New Name for the War of 1812?

From the November 12,2021, CVBJ.biz site  "Veterans Day:  These are the main wars the US has participated in."

This site is calling the War of 1812 the Anglo-American War (1812-1815).

Here is what it says:

"Also known as the 'Anglo-American War' or 'War of 1812'.  It was a war that pitted the United States against the United Kingdom and its Canadian colonies.

"Among other causes of the war are the restrictions placed on trade imposed by the United Kingdom because of the war  in Europe against France, the forced recruitment of US merchant sailors to serve in the British Royal Navy and British support of the indigenous peoples of North America who opposed the expansion of the US.

"The confrontations took place by land and sea.  286,730 Americans served, among these were 2,260 deaths and 4,505 wounded."

Well, Which is It?  --Brock-Perry

The Patriot War of 1838-- Part 1

I wrote about the steamship Robert Fulton in the last four posts which Stephen Champlin of the U.S. Navy commanded as troops were sent to the Detroit area during this crisis which had the possibility of conflict with Britain.  The U.S. government chartered the Robert Fulton.

Even though this was after the War of 1812, the fact that Britain might get involved and Champlin being a War of 1812 veteran means I will take a look at this war.

From Wikipedia.

The Patriot War was a conflict along the Canada-United States border involving bands of raiders attacking the former British colony of Upper Canada (today's Ontario) more than a dozen times between December 1837 and December 1838.

This was not a declared war between nations.  The groups responsible for the war were both American and Canadian with the intention of liberating Upper Canada from British rule.

And, before Writing About Stephen Champlin I'd Never Heard Of It.  --Brock-Perry

Stephen Champlin's Post War Service-- Part 3: The 1838 Patriot War

In 1838, during the Patriot War, he was put in command of the military force that was sent, along with the steamers Robert Fulton and New England, to prevent  the developing  invasion of Canada by private forces.
These forces had as their goal, the liberation of Canada from the yolk of British colonialism.  That the Canadians did not want to be free was overlooked by these men so the U.S. government found it necessary  to head off the invasion before it caused another confrontation with Britain.

On January 25, 1838, Champlin's ships broke through the ice of Buffalo Creek and proceeded up the lake.  They captured many of the "deluded liberators" and averted further bloodshed.

(I'd never heard of this incident, but there is a big article in Wikipedia about it.  There was also a Patriot's War in East Florida back during the War of 1812.  The steamer Robert Fulton mentioned here was not a U.S. Navy ship, but a steamer chartered by the U.S. government, as was the New England.  There were also two U.S. Navy ships named the USS Fulton, neither of which was this Robert Fulton ship.)

--Brock-Perry

Fort Christina, Wilmington, Delaware-- Part 1: Named for the Queen of Sweden

Fort Union was built on the site of Fort Christina during the War of 1812.

The Swedish built Fort Christina on the banks of the Christina River.  The fort was quickly built for protection against Indians and the Dutch and was named for the queen of Sweden..  It's site is located where the statue is.

--Brock-Perry

The Rocks at Fort Christiana Park

From the cardcow site.

The Rocks of Fort Christina Park, Wilmington, Delaware.

Postcard with inscription  "The Rocks believed to be the exact spot where Swedish colonists landed in 1638 and formed New Sweden.  The 25-foot monument  executed by Carl Milles, world famous sculptor, was paid for by subscription by the Swedish people, was presented to the American people by Royal Emissary at the tercentenary celebration in 1938."

You can see "The Rocks" in front of the statue.

I have seen the fort spelled both Christina and Christiana.  Christina would be the correct spelling.

--Brock-Perry