JUNE 28TH, 1814: The USS Wasp captured the HMS Reindeer in the English Channel.
During a failed American raid on Odelltown, Lower Canada, Lt.Col. Benjamin Forsyth is shot and killed, his body returned to Champlain, NY, for burial.
JUNE 28TH AND JULY 7TH, 1814: Americans intercept contraband on Lake Champlain destined for the navy yard at Ile aux Noix, Lower Canada.
JUNE 29TH, 1814: Lt.Col. Joseph Bouchette, Surveyor general of Lower Canada, gives land grants along the Grand Portage between Lake Temiscouata and the St. Lawrence River to disbanded soldiers of the 10th Royal Veterans Battalion, "for the purpose of facilitating the Communication between Lower Canada and New Brunswick.
JUNE and JULY, 1814: Arrival at Quebec City, Lower Canada, of materials and pieces of frigates-in-frame for the naval forces on the Great Lakes.
--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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