Does anyone know if there were official dimensions for the Flanders/bell tents in use by the British Army during the Napoleonic period? And if so what those...
I am selling two garments ideal for a late war U.S. Army infantry impression: 1813 United States Army Infantry Coatee: Hand-sewn reproduction 1813 infantry...
From a researcher and retired professor from University of Waterloo (Waterloo Ontario Canada) This is about the Falkland Islands - an incident in the War of...
Good morning! I thought I would offer an update around this ... There has been a tremendous "buzz" around this event and we have only just begun promoting it!...
Are the two buttons shown in the upper left corner shoe/boot buttons? They are pewter, cone-shaped, and 11 mm in diameter. They are from an American War of...
Greetings Everyone I wanted to draw your attention to 2 Canadian magazines whose most recent issues feature articles on the War of 1812. The Legion Magazine...
Captain Henry Shreve slips his steamboat, SS ENTERPRISE, past the British lines to re-supply Fort St. Philip which commands the Mississippi downriver from New...
The British work on their canal to extend Bayou Villeré to the Mississippi has set-backs as the ground is soggy and the walls collapse. The Americans continue...
F.Y.I.: The Fort Meigs Bentley Lecture Series presents "Border Crossings: The Detroit River Region in the War of 1812" Dr. Denver Brunsman, Assistant Professor...
I am putting together a visual presentation to go before the municipal council for the Battle of the Thames-2013. I would like to include a few more pictures...
As a new member of this group I wanted to follow standard operating procedure and introduce myself. I've been a War of 1812 reenactor at Fort Meigs since 2001,...
One and all... You will look SOOOO good in blue. (Red is out for for 2012-2014...go with a winner!) I have decided to thin the herd. I am currently thinning...
My apologies for being a bit off-topic but found the following view from the Crown rather interesting. "It was always a matter of serious regret to him that he...
Dear Friends - Any information regarding a Jacob Wideman (1757-1855), from Markham, who fought for the British in the War of 1812, is much appreciated. Thank...
Gen. Andrew Jackson has assembled the most heterogeneous army in the history of the US. Men from nearly all eighteen states, French and Spanish Creoles, German...
============================== TO: "CROWN FORCES NORTH AMERICA" Unit Commanders, Please inform your members ============================== I am ordered to...
Hi All, I got this forum address from someone at the Jefferson Park Museum in Southern Maryland as a possible resource for finding someone who might be...
The list may find this link of interest :) http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/gallery/2012/jan/01/24-hours-in-pictures-gallery#/?picture=383890288&index=4 Scroll...
Went to the New Years Levee at Fort George yesterday. Grant Jackson and myself were given the priviledge of being the Honor Guard for the Lieutenant-Governor....
No, not a joke at all. And, oddly enough, 100% on topic! Rod Lee's has recently published "A Directory of the Officers and Men of the Royal Newfoundland...
Fog delays the British bombardment as the Americans celebrate the New Year with a small parade of troops behind their line. At nine a.m., the fog lifts and the...
To quote part of Mark Dickerson's message of a few days back: "My favourite depiction of Tecumseh was done by Canadian artist Michel Binette back in the 90's....
As larger cannons arrive, the British struggle to set up firing positions. The must rely on barrels of sugar and molasses as platforms. They plan to surprise...
More British picquets are murdered, throats sliced, some beheaded, as additional troops arrive, along with cannons. The first two battles have gone against the...
Yesterday in Chicago I rented a car with Maryland plates (go figure). The plates mentioned "War of 1812". Are any other states commemorating the Bicentennial...
