From the May 17th Hamilton (Canada) Spectator "War of 1812: Blood ties DNA testing aims to link blood on 200-year-old jacket to modern-day descendant" by Mark McNeil.
Titus Greer Simons took three musket shots in his body at the July 25, 1814, Battle of Lundy's Lane and most of the right side of his coat was soaked with blood. The tightly fitting jacket likely contained his injuries as he survived.
The red Canadian militia coat is on permanent display at the Hamilton Military Museum and will have DNA analysis run on it to see if a modern-day descendant can be found. It is believed that this is the first time War of 1812 biological material has been used for DNA analysis.
The museum has an exhibit called Blood Ties which connects the War of 1812 to today.
Martha Hemphill is Simons' 3rd great granddaughter and will take part in the testing.
His 1812 militia jacket is extremely rare.
Blood On the Coat. --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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