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30–100 killed in ensuing Native American massacre. The Battles of Frenchtown, also known as the Battle of the River Raisin and the River Raisin Massacre, were a series of conflicts in Michigan Territory that took place from January 18–23, 1813, during the War of 1812. It was fought between the United States of America and a joint force of ...
v. t. e. The Battle of Restigouche was a naval battle fought in 1760 during the Seven Years' War (known as the French and Indian War in the United States) on the Restigouche River between the British Royal Navy and the small flotilla of vessels of the French Navy, Acadian militia and Mi'kmaq militias. [1]
The River Raisin National Battlefield Park preserves the site of the Battle of Frenchtown as the only national battlefield marking a site of the War of 1812.It was established as the 393rd unit of the United States National Park Service under Title VII of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act, which was signed into law on March 30, 2009.
Kingdom of France. The Fox Wars were two conflicts between the French and the Fox (Meskwaki or Red Earth People; Renards; Outagamis) people that lived in the Great Lakes region (particularly near the Fort of Detroit) from 1712 to 1733. [Notes 1] These territories are known today as the states of Michigan and Wisconsin in the United States.
November 3, 1961 [5] Map of Braddock's Military Road. The Braddock Expedition, also known as Braddock's Campaign or Braddock's Defeat, was a British military expedition which attempted to capture Fort Duquesne from the French in 1755 during the French and Indian War. The expedition, named after its commander General Edward Braddock, was ...
This category contains historical battles fought as part of the French and Indian War (the North American theater of the Seven Years' War) (1754–1763). Please see the category guidelines for more information. For the European theater, see: Category:Battles of the Seven Years' War. This was the last of a series of conflicts referred to as the ...
The siege of Fort William Henry (3–9 August 1757, French: Bataille de Fort William Henry) was conducted by a French and Indian force led by Louis-Joseph de Montcalm against the British -held Fort William Henry. This fort, located at the southern end of Lake George, on the frontier between the British Province of New York and the French ...
Charles Michel Mouet de Langlade (9 May 1729 – after 26 July 1801) [ 3] was a Great Lakes fur trader and war chief who was important in protecting French territory in North America. His mother was Ottawa and his father a French Canadian fur trader. [ 4] Fluent in Ottawa and French, Langlade later led First Nations forces in warfare in the region.