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Friday, May 7, 2021

A Man of Tried Courage, Patriotism, and Fidelity: Major Thomas Maxwell and the War of 1812

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 On July 7, 1818 Colonel Joseph L Smith, commanding officer of the 3 rd Infantry Regiment and of Detroit, wrote to Daniel Parker, the Adjut...
Wednesday, March 31, 2021

From Buffalo to Delaware Ohio and Back in 1811

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  A view from the Marblehead Peninsula today, looking toward Cedar Point and the entrance to Sandusky Bay. The entrance was so shallow and w...
Saturday, March 20, 2021

Fort Seneca and the War of 1812

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From  History of Seneca County from the Close of the Revolutionary War to July 1880 by William Lang (Springfield, Ohio: Transcript Printing...
Saturday, February 27, 2021

A Free Man or a Dead Horse! Joseph Langford and the Underground Railroad at the Maumee Rapids

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Last week I wrote a blog post about Captain David Wilkeson, who came to the Maumee River as a deck hand on his uncles schooner in 1815, and ...
Sunday, February 21, 2021

Captain David Wilkeson, Perrysburg's Local Sea Captain

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  The Sidewheel Steamer General Wayne, in 1838, represents the kind of steam powered vessels that plied Lake Erie in the early 19th century....
Tuesday, September 8, 2020

The October Gale of 1813 and the Wreck of the Schooner Chippeway

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  From Oliver Hazard Perry to Secretary of War William Jones: U S Schooner Ariel Detroit 10th October 1813 Sir I am very apprehensive that t...
Thursday, September 3, 2020

Crowbars and Swivel Guns: a Sailor's Description of the Battle of Lake Erie

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  The original "Don't Give Up The Ship" battle flag. The flag as displayed today has white letters sewn onto a brown fabric, b...