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It was clear that MacDonough’s victory had stopped the British offensive in its attacks and that Prevost had accomplished what the U.S. Government had not been able to accomplish so far during the war and that was bring Vermont into the war. MacDonough is remembered as the “Hero of Lake Champlain” and was promoted to Commodore […]
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The Naval Battle:
MacDonough, knowing his fleet was out manned and out gunned, withdrew into Plattsburgh Bay using the time to continue training his sailors. All ships were anchored by the bow and the stern until Downie’s fleet reached the Bay on September 11th. At approximately 9:00a.m. he opened fire on MacDonough’s fleet. From the land, […]
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On September 4, Prevost began marching south. At Chazy, New York, the advance units made contact with the British. They began to have to fall back and as they did so, they set up road blocks, burned bridges and mislabeled streets to slow down the British forces. Meanwhile, Macomb’s forces worked hard to complete a […]
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As most of you can see, when you pass the old papermill site here in Monroe Michigan, the building is down, the scrap steel is being hauled away, and things look like they are progressing in the middle of what is approximately the 15th snowiest season in recorded history in this area , as it […]
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This battle ended the final invasion of the northern states during the War of 1812.
Background:
Napoleon I had abducted the throne of France. This allowed Great Britain to send veteran troops to North America in the midst of peace negotiations between the U.S. and Great Britain. The British Commander-in-Cheif and Governor of Lower Canada, Lieutenant-General Sir […]
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Francis Scott Key, a young lawyer from Baltimore, had been asked by the American Government to secure the release of William Beanes, a well-known Maryland Physician, whom had been captured by the British as they were retreating from Washington in August 1814. He was able to free Beanes, but Key himself was held for several […]
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The War of 1812 was a war on land at at Sea. Here in Michigan, we are all pretty much aware of the infamous battle In September 1813, near the infamous summer hot spot called, Put-In-Bay, Ohio where Commodore Perry defeated the British on Lake Erie….But did you know that soon after, in 1814 Washington […]
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In December of 1811,Various speeches both for and against Declaration of war against England occurred. The War as previously discussed ,was due to two widely different developments, one being violations by Great Britain of American maritime rights, which we touched on in previous blogs, and the other a long series of depredations by Indians against […]
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The War Begins!
It begins with an attack on Canada, not only in hopes of gaining land, but also to cut off British supplies being sent to Tecumseh’s Indian confederation. Tecumseh’s Indain confederation had been a thorn in our side for sometime so if they could stop the British from supplying them, we could gain ground […]
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Because the 1812 Battlefield in Monroe County is now a Nationally recognized Battlefield, it is important for all of us to understand what caused the War of 1812, what Monroe Counties roll in the fight was and what the outcome was. I am going to first take us through the causes of the war.
The immediate causes of […]
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