The Battle of Plattsburgh, also known as the Battle of Lake Champlain, ended the final British invasion of the northern states of the United States during...
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claimed the region as a part of New France in 1609. Plattsburgh was the site of the amphibious Battle of Plattsburgh in the War of 1812, a key American victory...
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John E. Wool (category United States Army personnel of the War of 1812)
promoted major of the 29th United States Infantry Regiment on April 13, 1813, which he led with distinction at the Battle of Plattsburgh in 1814. On September...
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Thomas Macdonough (category United States Navy personnel of the War of 1812)
Hall in Plattsburgh, N.Y. known as the Macdonough Monument which honors the victory of American soldiers and sailors in the Battle of Plattsburgh. In 1925...
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Alexander Macomb (general) (category United States Army personnel of the War of 1812)
General of the United States Army from May 29, 1828, until his death on June 25, 1841. Macomb was the field commander at the Battle of Plattsburgh during...
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George Downie (category Royal Navy personnel of the War of 1812)
Champlain in the Battle of Plattsburgh, during which he was killed. Downie was born in the village of Tong near Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis in the Scottish...
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(1848). The village of Plattsburgh was incorporated within the town in 1815, then made a city in 1902. The Battle of Plattsburgh was fought in 1814 on...
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HMS Confiance (1814) (category War of 1812 ships of the United Kingdom)
Lake Champlain during the War of 1812. Confiance served as Captain George Downie's flagship at the Battle of Plattsburgh, on 11 September 1814. Surrendered...
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USS Saratoga (1814) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
around Cumberland Head, New York; and entered Plattsburgh Bay. There, he deployed his ships across the mouth of the harbor in a strong defensive position...
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Commandant Thomas Macdonough. At the Battle of Plattsburgh on 11 September 1814, the British had the advantage of larger vessels and guns; the American...
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Frederick Philipse Robinson (category British Army personnel of the War of 1812)
Battle of Plattsburgh. In 1813 and 1814 he commanded a brigade under the Duke of Wellington in Spain. He was a provisional Lieutenant-Governor of Upper...
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Benjamin Pond (category Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state))
defense of northern New York and took part in the September, 1814 Battle of Plattsburgh. In 1814 Pond was elected to the Fourteenth Congress, the term of which...
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up Plattsburgh in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Plattsburgh is a city in the U.S. state of New York. Plattsburgh may also refer to: Plattsburgh (town)...
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Daniel Appling (category United States Army personnel of the War of 1812)
conduct in capturing a superior force of the enemy at the Battle of Big Sandy Creek. During the Battle of Plattsburgh, Appling led 110 riflemen against General...
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Upstate New York (redirect from History of Upstate New York)
Crown. Battles of the War of 1812 (1812–1815) were fought on the Niagara Frontier; in the Champlain Valley, including the Battle of Plattsburgh; in the...
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Joshua Jebb (category British Army personnel of the War of 1812)
officer of the Royal Engineers who participated in the Battle of Plattsburgh on Lake Champlain during the War of 1812, He became Surveyor-General of convict...
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Lakes. Battle of Plattsburgh, New York (September 11, 1814: U.S. victory ending the British invasion of New York. George Downie's squadron and some of George...
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Fort Montgomery (Lake Champlain) (category Forts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state))
against an attack from British Canada such as that which led to the Battle of Plattsburgh in 1814. In July 1817, President James Monroe visited the incomplete...
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History of U.S. Special Forces" by John C. Fredriksen Page.27. Elting, pp. 257–258 Fitz-Enz, David (2001). The Final Invasion: Plattsburgh, the War of 1812's...
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James Madison (redirect from 4th President of the United States of America)
forces repelled a British invasion from Canada with a victory at the Battle of Plattsburgh. The British public began to turn against the war in North America...
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Scharnhorst-class cruiser (category World War I cruisers of Germany)
the Battle of Plattsburgh in 1814. The East Asia Squadron, including both Scharnhorst-class ships, was subsequently annihilated at the Battle of the Falkland...
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Salaberry, defeated an American corps of approximately 4,000 men, or at the Battle of Plattsburgh. An important weakness of abatis, in contrast to barbed wire...
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pine branches worn at the Battle of Plattsburgh near the end of the War of 1812, the pine tree in the middle of the coat of arms represents the Vermont...
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George Prevost (category British Army personnel of the War of 1812)
for his conduct at Plattsburgh and during the War generally. Soon afterwards, the official naval despatch on the Battle of Plattsburgh was published, together...
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New York. The bay is the location of the town and city of Plattsburgh, and was the site of the Battle of Plattsburgh, a naval and land engagement fought...
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John Quincy Adams (redirect from 6th President of the United States of America)
the Battle of Plattsburgh. By November 1814, the government of Lord Liverpool decided to seek an end to hostilities with the U.S. on the basis of status...
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Canadian Voltigeurs (category Canadian military units and formations of the War of 1812)
light infantry force formed part of a brigade under Major General Thomas Brisbane during the Battle of Plattsburgh, where the British army retreated...
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Regiment de Meuron (category British military units and formations of the War of 1812)
to Canada to serve in the War of 1812. During the war, the Regiment served at the Battle of Plattsburgh. Later some of its soldiers also served at the...
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1814 Battle of Plattsburgh 11 September 1814 Battle of Baltimore 12–15 September 1814 First Battle of Fort Bowyer 14–16 September 1814 Battle of Fayal...
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Alexander R. Thompson (category United States Army personnel of the War of 1812)
invasions of General James Wilkinson across the St. Lawrence River, and afterwards he was promoted to Captain. He then fought in the Battle of Plattsburgh in...
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