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The War of 1812 in the Old Northwest. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press. ISBN 1611860385. Poinsatte, Charles (1976). Outpost in the Wilderness: Fort Wayne, 1706–1828. Allen County, Fort Wayne Historical Society. Skaggs, David Curtis (2014). William Henry Harrison and the Conquest of the Ohio Country: Frontier Fighting in the War ...
Assumed command after commanding flotilla of supply boats to Fort Wayne. [17] Major John Whistler: 1814–1817 Was a British soldier at the Battles of Saratoga. Had been with Wayne's legion and helped build original Fort Wayne. Also built first Fort Dearborn, where he served as the first commandant. [16] Built third Fort Wayne in 1815. [18]
Numerous American citizens from Indiana enlisted in United States Army and militia units during the war, including the Indiana Rangers, and served in various theaters. In September 1812, months after the war's outbreak, British-allied Native Americans laid siege to two U.S. military forts in Indiana, Fort Harrison and Fort Wayne. Both sieges ...
Siege of Fort Harrison: September 4 – 5, 1812 Terre Haute: War of 1812: 3+ United States of America vs Tecumseh's confederacy Siege of Fort Wayne: September 5 – 12, 1812 Fort Wayne: War of 1812: Detroit Frontier unknown United States of America vs Kingdom of Great Britain: Battle at Eel River [3] September 19, 1812 Near Churubusco: War of ...
Aggregate of articles pertaining to museums about the War of 1812. Pages in category "Museums of the War of 1812" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Sep. 27—PLATTSBURGH — One of the lasting pieces of advice Keith Herkalo's mentor gave him was to, "Let the documents speak for themselves." So when Herkalo, president of the War of 1812 Museum ...
The massacre was the first Native American attack against U.S. settlers in Indiana during the War of 1812. It is sometimes stated to be part of the larger conflict between the U.S. and Native Americans in the Northwest Territory, [ 8 ] though other historians point to previous interactions between the Natives and their victims as a source of ...
Other cultural museums include the African/African–American Historical Museum, [155] Fort Wayne Firefighters Museum, [156] Greater Fort Wayne Aviation Museum, [157] and Baer Field Heritage Air Park. The Allen County Public Library's Fred J. Reynolds Historical Genealogy Department is the second-largest genealogy collection in North America. [158]