On June 1, 1812, President James Madison ... James Breckinridge voted against the war, he served honorably as a brigadier general in the Virginia militia in 1814. Federalist generals such as ...

An attempt in Maryland to recognize a patriot who fought the British in the War of 1812 has ignited a modern ... He was the aide to a Maryland Militia surgeon who owned him, the records say.

For the Americans, it was the lowest point of what would become known as the War of 1812. The young United ... The British rout the American militia at Bladensburg. Nothing stands between the ...

As a young man, Flora joined the Patriot cause in 1775 and served as a private in the Virginia militia ... the Revolutionary War and during conflicts in 1807 and 1812, and was lauded for his ...

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 ... in North America between 1812 and 1814. Joseph Giles — like Neale himself — was one of the roughly 4,000 members of the Maryland militia who teamed up to ...

RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia War Memorial will honor the memories of nearly 12,000 Virginia men and women killed in combat since World War II by saying their names aloud during the “Say Their ...

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 ...