Post by Matthew S. Schweitzer on Sept 22, 2003 8:25:20 GMT -5
Here is a link to one of the best websites on the War of 1812. It has extensive information on people, places, and events for one of America's biggest forgotten wars. Check it out...
www.galafilm.com/1812/e/intro/index.html
The War of 1812 is especially important to Ohio as it had direct consequences for this frontier state. There were also several important battles fought in Ohio at Fort Meigs, Fort Stephenson, and Put-In-Bay. The entire state was fearful of a general Indian uprising and Ohio contributed a huge number of volunteers to fight against the British and their native allies. Many cemeteries in Ohio still hold the remains of thousands of veterans who fought in this conflict.
There were also lesser known but key events which took place in Ohio during the war, not the least of which was the Harrison-Tarhe Peace Conference which took place in Franklinton (now Columbus, OH) in June 1813. This conference was no small affair. General William Henry Harrison met in council here with over 50 principal chiefs of all the Ohio tribes and was able to solicit from them a peace accord that guaranteed that the Ohio tribes would not take up the hatchet against the Americans. In fact, a number of them, including the famous Wyandot chief Tarhe, joined Harrion's men in battle in Canada and helped defeat Tecumseh's forces at Moraviantown.
Had the British been successful in defeating the Amerians in Ohio and along the frontier, it is likely that they could have forced the Americans to remove their settlements in Ohio in order to facilitate native demands for an Indian homeland in the Old Northwest. As it turned out, the western frontier was the only theater in which the Americans were victorious having suffered a number of defeats in New York and the East. The Indians were the real losers of this war. Though the British managed to stave off invasion of Canada and protect their North American interests, the native tribes in the west lost their last real chance to drive the Americans from their homelands.
www.galafilm.com/1812/e/intro/index.html
The War of 1812 is especially important to Ohio as it had direct consequences for this frontier state. There were also several important battles fought in Ohio at Fort Meigs, Fort Stephenson, and Put-In-Bay. The entire state was fearful of a general Indian uprising and Ohio contributed a huge number of volunteers to fight against the British and their native allies. Many cemeteries in Ohio still hold the remains of thousands of veterans who fought in this conflict.
There were also lesser known but key events which took place in Ohio during the war, not the least of which was the Harrison-Tarhe Peace Conference which took place in Franklinton (now Columbus, OH) in June 1813. This conference was no small affair. General William Henry Harrison met in council here with over 50 principal chiefs of all the Ohio tribes and was able to solicit from them a peace accord that guaranteed that the Ohio tribes would not take up the hatchet against the Americans. In fact, a number of them, including the famous Wyandot chief Tarhe, joined Harrion's men in battle in Canada and helped defeat Tecumseh's forces at Moraviantown.
Had the British been successful in defeating the Amerians in Ohio and along the frontier, it is likely that they could have forced the Americans to remove their settlements in Ohio in order to facilitate native demands for an Indian homeland in the Old Northwest. As it turned out, the western frontier was the only theater in which the Americans were victorious having suffered a number of defeats in New York and the East. The Indians were the real losers of this war. Though the British managed to stave off invasion of Canada and protect their North American interests, the native tribes in the west lost their last real chance to drive the Americans from their homelands.
