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Home / Society / History / By Time Period / Nineteenth Century / Wars and Conflicts / War of 1812 / Battles
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- A Scottish Regiment at the Battle of New Orleans - The 93rd Sutherland Highlanders were deprived of their kilts and feathered bonnets and sent into action in tartan trews and a particularly unbecoming form of cocked Kilmarnock bonnet.
www.aboutscotland.com/argylls/93norleans.html
- Battle of Baltimore - Battle Sequence - Brigadier General John Stricker marches out of Baltimore toward North Point with the 3rd Brigade of 3,185 men. At 8 a.m., he encamps seven miles from the city. The following day, an estimated 5,000 British land and sea forces under the command of Major General Robert Ross land at North Point.
www.bcpl.net/~etowner/bb2f.html
- Battle of Crysler's Farm - Commemorating the victory of Lieut.-Col. Joseph Morrison's outnumbered Anglo-Canadian army over the invading Americans on November 11, 1813.
www.cryslersfarm.com
- General Ross and the Battle of North Point - Only seven miles from his landing at North Point, the British Commanding Officer, Major General Robert Ross was shot and mortally wounded in a brief skirmish. To this day, a debate continues as to who shot Robert Ross.
www.bcpl.lib.md.us/~etowner/npstop4.html
- The Battle of Fort Stephenson - The defense of Fort Stephenson by 21 year old Major George Croghan with his garrison of approximately 160 men, and one cannon - against General Proctor's far superior forces and his Indian allies, is one of the most amazing victories any war has ever known.
members.tripod.com/~Eachus/BattleofFortStephenson.html
- The Battle of Lake Erie - The history of the famous battle.
www.brigniagara.org/battle.htm
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