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The Raid on Port Dover was an episode during the War of 1812. American troops crossed Lake Erie to capture or destroy stocks of grain and destroy mills at Port Dover, Ontario, which were used to provide flour for British troops stationed on the Niagara Peninsula.
The networks of cables terminated on shore in massive concrete bunkers called mine casemates (see photo, below right), that were usually buried beneath protective coverings of earth. The mine casemate housed electrical generators, batteries, control panels, and troops that were used to test the readiness of the mines and to fire them when ...
The army built a torpedo (underwater mine) casemate in 1874–1875; its entrance sealed off access to the unused magazine, "Casemate #11", preserving a trove of historical artifacts. These artifacts include pottery, a tin cup, a tin chamber pot, period buttons, and dozens of animal bones.
Hodgson details the decayed and putrid state of some of the corpses. The recovery teams placed the bodies in coffins in the mine, there was a fear that the bodies might fall apart. [8] Identification was a problem. Mothers and widows failed to identify most of the bodies "they were too much mangled and scorched to retain any of their features ...
When the United States gained independence in 1783, the seacoast defense fortifications were in poor condition. Concerned by the outbreak of war in Europe in 1793, the Congress created a combined unit of "Artillerists and Engineers" to design, build, and garrison forts in 1794, appointed a committee to study coast defense needs, and appropriated money to construct a number of fortifications ...
Eighty-three years after the Pearl Harbor attacks, here's a look at some of the photos during and after the bombings that awoke the sleeping giant. Photos: Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941
First Battle of Sackett's Harbor 19 July 1812; USS Essex vs HMS Alert 13 August 1812; USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere 19 August 1812; Capture of HMS Frolic 18 October 1812; Action off Madeira 25 October 1812; Action off Kingston 6 November 1812; Action off Brazil 29 December 1812; Action in the Demerara River 24 February 1813; Battle of ...
Downie's squadron attacked shortly after dawn on 11 September 1814, but was defeated after a hard fight in which Downie was killed. Prévost then abandoned the attack by land against Macomb's defences and retreated to Canada, stating that even if Plattsburgh was captured, any British troops there could not be supplied without control of the lake.