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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]
The war in Europe against the French Empire under Napoleon ensured that the British did not consider the War of 1812 against the United States as more than a sideshow. [283] Britain's blockade of French trade had worked and the Royal Navy was the world's dominant nautical power (and remained so for another century).
During the War of 1812, the Indiana Territory was the scene of numerous engagements which occurred as part of the conflict's western theater. Prior to the war's outbreak in 1812, settlers from the United States had been gradually colonizing the region, which led to increased tensions with local Native Americans and the outbreak of Tecumseh's War.
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.
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]
In the War of 1812 Ewing became a colonel in the Miami County militia which joined General Harrison in his relief expedition to Fort Wayne in 1812. [10] Colonel Ewing served with the army in a detachment of spies under his brother-in-law, Captain William Griffith, who was a survivor of the Ford Dearborn Massacre.
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 ...