(WSET) — A Virginia war veteran was honored Friday, something that took more than 200 years in the making. The National Society of United States Daughters of 1812 gathered at St. Stephens ...

He was colonel of the 89th Regiment of the Virginia Militia during the War of 1812. He went on to be president of New London Academy before his passing in 1853. He was also a member of the church ...

Stuart Butler talked about Virginia during the War of 1812, and how the state’s militia organized and defended Virginia … Tim Gay talked about his book, Savage Will. He was interviewed at the ...

Butler, who is the retired assistant chief of the military archives branch of the National Archives and author of “Defending the Old Dominion: Virginia and its Militia in the War of 1812 ...

(AP) — A Caroline County native who was commanding Fort McHenry when British forces attacked Baltimore during the War of 1812 is being honored with a state historical marker. The Virginia ...

Following the loss of Detroit in August 1812 and the defeat at Frenchtown ... Return J. Meigs. Virginia Militia Brig. Gen. Joel Leftwich initially supervised construction and U.S. Army engineer ...