To: kiryandil
My 3rd great grandfather fought in the War of 1812...
The Americans burnt down his widowed mothers house in the hamlet of St Davids July 1814...
To: Tennessee Nana
George Armstrong Custer hosts a reunion of survivors (Kentucky Militia) of the River Raisin massacre at Monroe Michigan. It was the greatest single loss of American life in the war of 1812 with nearly 500 killed in 2 days of fighting or massacred in captivity by indian guards

11 posted on
08/24/2012 7:55:09 PM PDT by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: Tennessee Nana
17 posted on
08/24/2012 8:13:17 PM PDT by
combat_boots
(The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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