Some War of 1812 Facts-- Part 2

**  Women often traveled with their husbands' military units and sometimes acted as spies.  Canadian Laura Secord walked 20 miles in the winter to warn British troops of an American attack in the Niagara Falls area.  Many Canadians now recognize her name in connection with a chain of candy stores named in her honor.

I wonder if any women served in the capacity of soldiers or sailors?

**  The Treaty of Ghent, named after the Belgian city it was signed in, ended the war.  This treaty essentially ended the war about where it started.  The British still took American sailors off ships and Canada was still a British colony.

**  The final fight, the Battle of New Orleans, took pace January 8, 1815, after the Treaty of Ghent was signed Dec. 24, 1814.  Hey, news traveled much, much slower back then.

Brock-Perry