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KENTUCKY
- "REMEMBER the RAISIN"
- Kentucky supplied men to help both Indiana Territory, and Michigan Territory,
Kentucky involvement in the War of 1812 totaled 20,239 men (11,882 infantry men, 8,285 cavalry men, and 72 men to miscellaneous troops). [1] Kentucky did not have to defend any fortifications, however its troops campaigned actively against the enemy (British, or the Indians helping the British). Kentucky sustained more casualities than all other states combined. [2]
Governor of Indiana Territory and future president of the USA, William Henry Harrison, asked for military assistance from neighboring Kentucky. He was appointed brigadier general of the Kentucky Militia Aug 22, 1811. 25,010 Kentuckians fought in this war. The majority ( 5/ 6 men of military age) fought the British and/or the Indians; they were in 36 regiments, four battalions, and twelve independent companies.
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| Battle of the Thames River.
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The backwoods "hunters of Kentucky and Tennessee" took pride in defeating the professional British army at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815.
BATTLES
- 15 August 1812 — Fort Dearborn Massacre (Chicago, IL)
- 3 September 1812 — Pigeon Roost Massacre (?Clark County, IN)
- September-December 1812 — General Hopkins campaign against Indian villages In Indiana and Illinois Territories.
- 17-18 December 1812 — Battle of Mississinewa (near Marion IN)
- 18 January 1813 — Battle of Frenchtown (Monroe MI)
- 22-23 January 1813 — River Raisin Massacre. Battle-cry throughout the remainder of the war in the Old Northwest was "Remember the Raisin." (Monroe MI)
- Battle of the River Raisin - or Frenchtown ( a USA defeat) large campaign casualties included a legislator, 8 senior officers, and 400 Kentuckians killed in battle, and 80 were tomahawked by the Indians after already being wounded from the battle. This battle was fought on Michigan soil.
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| Battle of Frenchtown, "Remember the Raisin".
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- 1-9 May 1813 — First Siege of Fort Meigs (Toledo OH)
- 5 May 1813 — Dudley's Defeat (Maumee OH)
- 26-28 July 1813 — Second Siege of Fort Meigs (Toledo OH)
- 31 July 1813 — KY Governor Isaac Shelby issues call for troops
- 02 August 1813 — Battle of Fort Stephenson (Sandusky OH)
- 10 September 1813 — Battle of Lake Erie (Put-in-Bay, OH) -Procter and Tecumseh retreated to Canada. They were pursued by William Henry Harrison, (future USA president)
- 05 October 1813 — Battle of the Thames (Near Chatham, Ontario Canada) by Kentucky mounted volunteers. An American victory, commanded by Col. Richard M Johnson.
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| Array of forces.
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- 24 December 1813 - Treaty of Ghent signed officially ending the war (Ghent, Belgium).
- 08 January 1814 - Battle of New Orleans (New Orleans, LA)
Officers, Companies
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| Scott Brigade Battle of Niagara.
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Isaac Shelby, Governor
- LT COLONEL SAMUEL CALDWELL
- COLONEL JOHN THOMAS 2nd Regiment
- COL. RICHARD M. JOHNSON, 3rd Regiment Mounted Riflemen.
- MAJOR SAMUEL WELL, KENTUCKY LIGHT DRAGOONS
- LT. COLONEL ROBERT POGUE, Pogue's Regiment
- Col. George Trotter, Trotter s Regiment, Kentucky Volunteers
- Colonel John Donaldson, Donaldson s Regiment
- Colonel John Poage, Poage's Regiment
- Major TOUISANT DUBOIS-MOUNTED SPIES MILITIA
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| Memorial to Kentucky men killed in River Raisin.
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- Captain Henry James
- Captain Nathaniel Gray Smith Hart
- CAPT. ALNEY McLEAN S COMPANY, 1st REGIMENT MT'D MILITIA
- CAPT. THOMAS ALSBURY S COMPANY, FIRST REGIMENT MT'D MILITIA
- CAPT. JOHN HAMILTON S COMPANY, FIRST REGIMENT MT'D MILITIA
- CAPT. MOSES SHELBY S COMPANY, FIRST REGIMENT MT'D MILITIA
- CAPT. SAMUEL GORDON S COMPANY, FIRST REGIMENT
- CAPT. HORATIO D. WATKINS COMPANY, 1st REGIMENT MILITIA
- CAPT. MICHAEL WOLF S COMPANY, 1st REGIMENT
- CAPT. HUGH BROWN S COMPANY, 1st REGIMENT
- CAPT. EDWARD BERRY S COMPANY, 2nd REGIMENT Militia
- CAPT. EDWARD B. GAITHER S COMPANY, 2nd Regiment
- CAPT. JOHN HORNBECK S COMPANY, 2nd REGIMENT Militia
- CAPT. THOMAS SPEED S COMPANY, 2nd REGIMENT Militia
- CAPT. CALEB HARDESTY S COMPANY, 2nd REGIMENT Militia
- CAPT. WILLIAM KELLER S COMPANY. 2nd REGIMENT Militia
- CAPT. WILLIAM FARROW S COMPANY, 3rd REGIMENT MOUNTED RIFLEMEN
- CAPT. GEORGE MEANS COMPANY, 3rd REGIMENT MOUNTED RIFLEMEN
- CAPT. JOSEPH CLARK S COMPANY, 3rd REGIMENT MOUNTED RIFLEMEN
- CAPT. GEORGE STOCKTON'S COMPANY, 3rd REGIMENT MOUNTED RIFLEMEN
- CAPT.JAMES JOHNSON'S COMPANY, 3rd REGIMENT MOUNTED RIFLEMEN
- CAPT. CHARLES WARD'S COMPANY, 3rd Mounted Militia
- CAPT.JACOB ELLERSTON'S COMPANY, 3rd Mounted Militia
- CAPT. JOHN HUNT S COMPANY, 3rd Mounted Militia
- CAPT. PETER FUNK S COMPANY, LIGHT DRAGOONS
- CAPT.FREDERICK GREIGER'S COMPANY, MOUNTED RIFLEMEN.
- CAPT. WILLIAM SMEATIIERS COMPANY MOUNTED SPIES
- CAPT. CORNELIUS WASHBURN'S COMPANY MOUNTED SPIES
- CAPT. CHRISTOPHER MILLER'S COMPANY MOUNTED SPIES.
- CAPT. WILLIAM POKE'S COMPANY, MOUNTED SPIES.
- CAPT. WILLIAM ELLIS COMPANY, 1st RIFLE REGIMENT
- CAPT. WILLIAM KERLEY'S COMPANY 1st RIFLE REGIMENT
- CAPT. JOHN SIMPSON'S COMPANY 1st RIFLE REGIMENT
- CAPT. BLAND W. BALLARD'S COMPANY 1st RIFLE REGIMENT
- CAPT. MAURICE LANGMORE'S COMPANY FIRST RIFLE REGIMENT
- CAPT. VIRGIL MoCRACKEN'S COMPANY FIRST RIFLE REGIMENT
- CAPT. MANSON SEAMONDS COMPANY, BOSWELL S REGIMENT
- CAPT. EDMOND BACON S COMPANY, MOUNTED VOLUNTEERS
- CAPT WASHINGTON KENNEDY S COMPANY, POGUE'S REGIMENT
- CAPT. JOSEPH C. BELT S COMPANY, POGUE'S REGIMENT
- CAPT. DAVID TODD S COMPANY, MT'D VOLUNTEER Militia
- CAPT. GUSTAVUS W. BOWER S COMPANy MT'D VOLUNTEER Militia
- CAPT.JOHN CHRISTOPHER S COMPANY, MT'D VOLUNTEER MILITIA
- CAPT. MASON SINGLETON S COMPANY, MT'D VOLUNTEER MILITIA
- CAPT. MATTHEWS FLOURNOY S COMPANY MT'D VOLUNTEER MILITIA
- CAPT. JOSEPH REDING S COMPANY MT'D VOLUNTEER MILITIA
- CAPT. STEWART W. MEGOWAN S COMPANY MT'D VOLUNTEER MILITIA
- CAPT. RICHARD MENIFEE S COMPANY MT'D VOLUNTEER MILITIA
- CAPT. ISAAC CUNNINGHAM S COMPANY MT'D VOLUNTEER MILITIA
- CAPT.GEORGE MATTHEWS COMPANY MT'D VOLUNTEER MILITIA
- CAPT. JAMES SYMPSON S COMPANY MT'D VOLUNTEER MILITIA
- CAPT. JOHN CRAWFORD S COMPANY MT'D VOLUNTEER MILITIA
- CAPT. GEORGE W. BOTTS COMPANY MT'D VOLUNTEER MILITIA
- LT ARISS THROCKMORTON S COMPANY, Mt'D VOLUNTEER MILITIA
- ENSIGN WILLIAM REED'S COMPANY, MT'D VOLUNTEER MILITIA
- CAPTAIN JEREMIAH MARTIN'S COMPANY, MT'D VOLUNTEER MILITIA
THE MEN
| Name | Branch | Rank | Unit
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| Blackwell, Thornton | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown
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| Carpenter, Joel | Militia | Private | Category: Thirteenth Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Militia (Dudley's), War of 1812
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| Croghan, George | Army | Colonel | Unknown
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| Cowen, Peter | Army | Private | Category: First Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Militia (Caldwell's), War of 1812
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| Denny, John | Militia | Private | Captain Robert McAfee's Company, Johnson's Kentucky Mounted Infantry
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| Elliott, Reuben | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown
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| Fox, John | Army | Unknown | 8th Regiment Infantry
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| Gilbreath, James | Militia | Private | Category: Barbee's Regiment, Kentucky Militia, War of 1812 Captain John W. Shirley's Company
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| Henry, Zachary | Militia | Captain | Unknown
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| Hulett Sr., William | Militia | Private | Category: Francisco's Regiment, Kentucky Militia, War of 1812, Category: Seventh Regiment, United States Infantry (Russell's), War of 1812
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| Lockhart, Levi Peter | Volunteers | Private | Johnson's Reg't, Mounted
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| Lynch, James | Militia | Private | Category: Second Regiment, Kentucky Militia (Jennings'), War of 1812 Capt Wm M Morrison's Co
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| Mitchusson, William M. | Militia | Lt. Col. | Category: Mitchusson's Regiment Kentucky Detached Militia, War of 1812
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| McKinney, James | Militia | Major | 2nd Battalion, 63rd Regiment
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| McWhorter, Jesse | Militia | Private | Category: Second Regiment, Kentucky Militia (Jennings'), War of 1812, Captain Henry James Co., Davenport's Mounted Volunteer Regiment, Captain Jesse Coffee's Co., Detachment of Spies, Captain Roland Burk's Co., Detached, Captain William Wade's Co.
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| Ralls, Daniel Stone | Militia | Ensign | Category: Scott's Regiment, Kentucky Militia, War of 1812
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| Shelby, Isaac | Other | Governor | Multiple
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| Wilhoit, Joshua | Militia | Private | Category: Thirteenth Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Militia (Dudley's), War of 1812, Category: Tenth Regiment, Kentucky Light Infantry (Boswell's), War of 1812
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| Yager, John | Militia | Unknown | Capt Michael Davidson's Co
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SOURCES
- The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Volume 10, p 53, 54
- www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tecumseh-defeated
- Kentucky in the War of 1812, By Anderson Chenault Quisenberry, 484 officers , enlisted men
- Remember the Raisin! Kentucky and Kentuckians in the Battles and Massacre at ..., By Clift, Garrett Glenn Clift, p 178
- Sam. E. Hill, Adjutant-General of Kentucky, Roster of the Volunteer Officers and Soldiers from Kentucky in the War of 1812. Frankfort, KY 1891, p 148. [Downloaded from Internet Archive, archive.org, June 6, 2012]
- Wilder, Mannie S. Kentucky Soldiers of the War of 1812. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1969). FHL 976.9 M23k
- Clift, G. Glenn, Notes on Kentucky veterans of the War of 1812 (Anchorage, Kentucky, Borderland Books, 1964), pages 58. FHL Book 976.9 M2c
- EBook Letters of Gen. Adair and Gen. Jackson relative to the charge of cowardice made by the latter against the Kentucky troops at New Orleans, by Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 cn; Adair, John, 1757-1840 Published 1816
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I have been sprucing up Brigadier General John Payne's profile page, formatting the bio and adding inline sources as part of my duties as a PIP Voyager.
At first I questioned whether this John Payne was in fact a Brig Gen, as one can see in my Research Notes on the General's profile page. When I adopted this profile the bio was not referencing any sources re his military, so that is what I am attempting to do. Your list above doesn't include the General so I wanted to provide a source that I am sure you have read many times, Kentucky Troops in the War of 1812 pub'd by the Kentucky Historical Society's Kentucky Troops in the War of 1812. John Payne is listed on page 53 of the Register of the Kentucky State HIstorical Society and page 6 in A.C. Quisenberry's Journal Article under Miltia and Volunteers/General Officers as one of the Brig Generals.
There is also listed a Captain John Payne company of Kentucky Light Dragoons on page 19, organized on August 7, 1813, that was attached to Colonel Johnson's regiment, but not part of it. This entry in the journal article puzzles me.
There are several other references to General John Payne. After reading your page here, which I really like, I was wondering what type of proof do you need to add him to your page. If not, perhaps you could give me some advice about this profile.
By the way I am glad to see one of my 3rd great grandfathers on your page here, Christley Miller, Kentucky Spy!
Anyway, thank you for providing this page...I love Kentucky, my grandpa, among others, were all born in Cloverport, Kentucky and surrounding areas of Hardinsburg.
Thanks for your time and I appreciate it!
Regards, Scott Lee
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