Today's Thing of Beauty: #FortErie #Ontario #Canada original stone from the #warof1812 building was incorporated into the 1930s rebuild. #unitedstates #NiagaraRiver just across from #Buffalo #newyorkstate #USA #photography Photo by me

Today in #Connecticut History, July 2: Connecticut Refuses to Fight for the United States

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As discussed in ep. 4.20, #OTD in 1812 (at 4:20 PM coincidentally), the first shots of the War of 1812 were fired by the USS President. Listen to the episode to learn more! #Warof1812 #navalhistory https://www.presidenciespodcast.com/420-once-more-unto-the-breach/

The Battle of Brownstown (Aug 5, 1812) was an early battle in the War of 1812. Shawnee chief Tecumseh and 25 Native Americans ambushed a US supply train of 200 soldiers, killing 18, wounding 12, while losing just 1 of their own.

The Americans retreated to Fort Detroit, which would surrender to the British 2 weeks later.

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The Battle of Buffalo (Dec 10, 1813) was a War of 1812 battle where 1400 British/Natives defeated an American force of 2000. The British burned Buffalo to the ground, leaving just 3 buildings standing, in response to American soldiers burning Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake) 3 weeks earlier.

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Today in 1813, the Battle of York (Toronto) occurs. In the battle, the American forces capture York. They loot it and burn much of it before leaving a few days later.
The later Burning of Washington by the British is seen as a response to what happened in York.

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The Battle of Malcolm's Mills (Nov 6, 1814) was the last land battle in Canada during the War of 1812. 800 American troops defeated 550 Canadian troops, killing 18 and taking 126 prisoners while losing just 1 of their own.

The battle was part of McArthur’s Raid where General Duncan McArthur led American troops on an 11 day raid throughout the Ontario Peninsula.

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The Battle of Fort George (May 27, 1813) was the successful American capture of Fort George in the War of 1812. The victory was the result of one of the first large-scale amphibious assaults in American history led by Colonel Winfield Scott and Commandant Oliver Perry. 40 Americans were killed as were 52 British.

Scott himself was injured when a magazine exploded and he was thrown from his horse, breaking his collarbone.

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The Battle of Crysler's Farm (Nov 11, 1813) was a British/Canadian victory in the War of 1812 that ended the American St Lawrence campaign. The US suffered 102 killed, and Major General James Wilkinson was relieved from duty and court martialed. Later, it was found he was a double agent for Spain.

His dismissal paved the way for the promotion of Jacob Brown, Alexander Macomb, and Edmund Gaines, who led the US to success in the war in 1814.

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The Battle of York (April 27, 1813) was an American victory during the War of 1812, where the US captured York, the capital of Upper Canada (now Toronto). Famed explorer and general Zeb Pike was killed when the British blew up the fort's magazine.

Following the surrender, US troops burned and looted York, which the British repaid one year later with the burning of Washington. The parliamentary mace of Upper Canada was also stolen - later returned by FDR in 1934.

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The Surrender of Detroit (Aug 15-16, 1812) was a War of 1812 engagement where a British/Native American army of 1300 deceived a US Army of 2,500 to surrender Detroit, MI.

British Maj Gen Isaac Brock and Shawnee chief Tecumseh played on US Gen William Hull's fear of Native Americans and convinced Hull he was outnumbered, causing Hull to surrender Detroit.

Hull was court martialed & sentenced to death (commuted).

Brock and Tecumseh were killed in battles in the next year.

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The Battle of Craney Island (June 22, 1813) was a War of 1812 battle between the British and United States near Norfolk, VA. The outnumbered Americans were able to repel the British and keep Norfolk and Portsmouth out of British hands.

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Today's Thing of Beauty: #FortErie #Ontario #Canada across from #Buffalo #NewYork #USA #LakeErie #Warof1812 #GreatLakes #Cannon #history #NorthAmerica #photography Photo by me.

The Battle of North Point (Sep 12, 1814) was an engagement in the War of 1812 & part of the Battle of Baltimore. British Major General Robert Ross had just left Washington after participating in its burning and was attempting to capture Baltimore. The US sent Gen John Stricker's troops to meet them. While the US was forced to retreat, they inflicted heavy casualties on the British, including killing Ross, which delayed their march to Baltimore, a British defeat.

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The Battle of the Chateauguay (Oct 26, 1813) was a War of 1812 battle fought between the United States and force consisting of Canadians and Mohawk warriors led by Lt Col Charles-Michel d'Irumberry de Salaberry. Despite being outnumbered, the Canadian/Mohawk force repelled the US forary into Canada and helped end US designs on capturing Montreal.

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Today in #Connecticut History, March 9: He Put the Iron in “Old Ironsides”

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The USS Wasp (1814) was a US Navy ship that served in the War of 1812. Over the course of two raiding voyages, the Wasp captured or destroyed 15 ships including the HMS Reindeer and HMS Avon.

The Wasp was lost in October 1814 as it headed toward the Caribbean with the crew assumed to have gone down with her.

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On Sep 5, 1813, the USS Enterprise and the HMS Boxer faced off in a Naval battle during the War of 1812. Both ship commanders, Samuel Blyth of the Boxer and William Burrows of the Enterprise, were killed in the 30 minute battle - an American victory. The commanders were buried side by side in Eastern Cemetery in Portland, ME.

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The last naval engagement of the War of 1812 was fought between the USS Peacock and the Eadt India Company ship Nautilus on June 30, 1815. When the two ships met, Lt Boyce of the Nautilus tried to convince Com. Warrington of the Peacock that the war ended 4 months earlier. Refusing to believe it to be true, the Peacock fired on the Nautilus killing 8.

Eventually, Warrington was convinced the war was over and he released the Nautilus.

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