Battle of Fort Dearborn
In a battle lasting only 15 minutes on August 15, 1812, the Potawatomi Indians attacked Fort Dearborn near present-day Chicago, Illinois, and burned it to the ground.
In a battle lasting only 15 minutes on August 15, 1812, the Potawatomi Indians attacked Fort Dearborn near present-day Chicago, Illinois, and burned it to the ground.
John Quincy Adams, 6th president of the United States, was born on July 11, 1767, in the town of Braintree (present-day Quincy), Massachusetts.
David Glasgow Farragut was born in Campbell’s Station (now Farragut), Tennessee, on July 5, 1801.
Just 29 years after gaining independence, the United States took on the greatest naval power in the world by declaring war on June 18, 1812, in what would become America’s “Second War of Independence.”
On June 15, 1836, Arkansas was admitted as the 25th state of the Union.
Winfield Scott was born on June 13, 1786, in Dinwiddie County, Virginia.
James Monroe was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, on April 28, 1758, to successful Virginia plantation owners.
On January 8, 1815, future president Andrew Jackson began the Battle of New Orleans, two weeks after the Treaty of Ghent was signed.
On October 5, 1813, future President William Henry Harrison won the Battle of the Thames, securing American control of the Northwest frontier for the remainder of the War of 1812.