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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CR0_skirmish-at-the-forks_Chatham-Kent-ON.html
Robert McAfee, a member of Colonel Johnson's Kentucky Mounted Regiment, described the skirmish in his journal. He wrote:
Oct 4: ?a woman ? informed us that about six miles above the River forked, that there was a large bridge across the mouth o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CQJ_british-encampment-forks-of-the-thames_Chatham-Kent-ON.html
While British Army was encamped at Dolsen's, Procter travelled to Fairfield to investigate the site as a defensive position. At Tecumseh's urging, and learning that the Americans were closing rapidly, Colonel Warburton, Procter's second-in-command…
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On October 2, 1813, Tecumseh moved his warriors up-river to the Forks where he had been led to believe that fortifications would be prepared for a full-scale confrontation with harrison's army. When Tecumseh arrived, he was enraged to find no fort…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CPQ_the-forks_Chatham-Kent-ON.html
The Forks of the Thames are formed by the joining of the Thames River and McGregor Creek creating a peninsula that is present day Tecumseh Park in Chatham, Ontario. The strategic importance of the site was recognized by Lieutenant Governor John Gr…
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On this site, Tecumseh, a Shawnee Chief, who was an ally of the British during the War of 1812, fought against American forces on October 4, 1813. Tecumseh was born in 1768 and became an important organizer of native resistance to the spread of wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CP9_chatham-blockhouse_Chatham-Kent-ON.html
On this site a blockhouse was constructed in 1794 by order of Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe. He planned to establish here a small naval arsenal which would form a link in the defences of Upper Canada's western frontier and also draw the I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CP6_skirmish-at-mccraes-house_Chatham-Kent-ON.html
During the American occupation of the lower Thames, this house was used as a base for U.S. troops. In mid-December 1813, the house was occupied by 39 officers and men of the 26th Regiment led by Lieutenant Larwill.
At the same time, a group of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CP4_first-nations-encampment-thomas-mccrae-farm_Chatham-Kent-ON.html
Thomas McCrae was an early settler, innkeeper, and political figure in Raleigh Township along the Thames River. He served as a captain and company commander in the Kent Militia and was present at the capture of Fort Detroit. Family tradition relat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1COO_skirmish-at-mccraes-house_Chatham-Kent-ON.html
Following the defeat of the British at the Battle of the Thames on October 5, 1813, American forces controlled the Thames Valley west of Moraviantown. In early December a detachment of 3 officers and 36 men of the American 26th Regiment establishe…