"The War of 1812’s Forgotten Battle Cry" Topic
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| Tango01 | 21 Feb 2020 9:33 p.m. PST |
"It's 19 degrees with a brisk wind blowing off Lake Erie as the men of Lacroix Company march across a snow-crusted field in Michigan. "Prepare to load!" shouts Ralph Naveaux, the unit's commander. Fumbling with frozen hands, the men shove ramrods down the muzzles of their flintlocks. "Aim!" Naveaux yells, and the soldiers point their muskets at an industrial park on the far side of the field…"
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| Brechtel198 | 24 Feb 2020 8:53 a.m. PST |
The action is covered in John Elting's Amateurs, To Arms! on pages 60-63. The action is also known as the battle of Frenchtown. It is also covered in the two-volume study by Robert Quimby on pages 123-138 of The US Army in the War of 1812: An Operational and Command Study. The action has not been 'forgotten' unless there is little or no interest in the War of 1812. |
| Tango01 | 24 Feb 2020 11:47 a.m. PST |
Thanks Kevin!…
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| Rudysnelson | 24 Feb 2020 4:20 p.m. PST |
In Alabama the battle cry was ‘Remember Fort Mims'. |
| Brechtel198 | 25 Feb 2020 4:56 a.m. PST |
I know of Fort Mims, but not of the battle cry. |
| Rudysnelson | 01 Mar 2020 9:20 p.m. PST |
Remember Fort Mims or actually just "Mims". It was used by the volunteer units in the Miss and Tenn expeditions. I am not sure about the GA/Carolina group. |
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