War of 1812

Posted by Dick Halsey on 1 June 2012, 5:15 am

The War of 1812 started on June 1, 1812 when President James Madison asked Congress for permission to go to war with Britain. In the western New York region in June 1813 British ships raided a store of hundreds of barrels of flour and pork at Charlotte that was near the mouth of he Genesee …

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History talk

Posted by Dick Halsey on 8 January 2010, 11:59 am

Charlotte was attacked four times by the British fleet during the War of 1812. Jim Fisher will describe these events and the details of those attacks which occurred on Oct 1, 1812, June 15, 1813, Sept 11, 1813 and May 14, 1814. The Greece Historical Society presents “Attack on Charlotte in the War of 1812” …

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