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Flora continued to serve throughout the Revolutionary War and during conflicts in 1807 and 1812, and was lauded ... and other primary sources to write a detailed battle description.
A Black man who served in the Maryland State Militia during the War of 1812 and was long denied the military recognition most soldiers in his situation were granted has been declared a veteran of ...
A Black War of 1812 veteran who has been denied a traditional military honor due to protocols dating to the slavery era will be memorialized in a Frederick cemetery this weekend, though not by the ...
The gravestone for Samuel Neale, a Black veteran who served as a surgeon's mate in the War of 1812, shortly after being unveiled Saturday at St. John's Cemetery in downtown Frederick. More in U.S.
The 40-acre battlefield park opened in 2010 to preserve the site of the Battles of Frenchtown, a pair of War of 1812 battles in which inexperienced American troops suffered heavy losses at the ...
For the Americans, it was the lowest point of what would become known as the War of 1812. The young United States of America finds itself caught up in a war between Great Britain and France.
Daniel Dobbins and Jesse Elliott, key figures in the War of 1812, apparently crossed the frozen lake in the winter of 1813-14. The first walk across Lake Erie from Erie to Canada was reported to ...
Samuel A. Neale served in the Maryland State Militia during the War of 1812. Samuel A. Neale, a Black man who served in the Maryland State Militia during the War of 1812, was posthumously ...
Samuel Neale lies in rest just down the street from where he lived for decades, a longtime resident of Frederick and Black veteran of the War of 1812. Neale was honored Saturday with the ...