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	Sackets Harbor, New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the second Battle of Sackett's Harbor in 1813 enemy forces landed and attacked the village, but were again driven off.
		Sackets Harbor was founded in 1801 by Augustus Sacket and was the most significant community in the area until the founding of the City of Watertown.
		The village was the location of two battles during the War of 1812.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sackets_Harbor,_New_York (530 words)

	webGED: The Bement Family Data Page
		Resseguie served as first lieutenant in the war of 1812, and took part in the battles of Oswego and Sackett's Harbor, and was honorably discharged at the close of the war, which was just before his removal to Rome.
		Bruce again defeated the English in 1314 in the Battle of Bannockburn (see Bannockburn, Battle of), twice invaded England, and in 1323 concluded with King Edward II of England a truce for 13 years.
		After the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346 David was taken to England as a captive, and Robert again became regent.
	www.bementfamily.com /webged/bement.wbg/wga46.html (4466 words)

	PatriotDreamsDraft1
		He fought in the Battle of Sackett's Harbor.
		After fighting at the battles of Quatre-Bras and Waterloo, he retired to Canada on half-pay.
		November 16, 1837, five days after the rebel attack on Prescott and Fort Wellington (the Battle of the Windmill)
	www.homestead.com /heritagepavilionstage/PatriotDreamsDraft1.html (2395 words)

	List of naval battles
		1813 Second battle of Sackett's Harbor May 28 - 29 - US Gen. Jacob Brown turns back British under Sir John Prevost
		1813 Battle of Boston Harbor June 1 - HMS Shannon captures Lawrence's USS Chesapeake, Lawrence says: "Don't give up the ship"
		1864 Battle of Cherbourg France June 19 - USS Kearsarge sinks CSS Alabama
	www.enlightenweb.net /l/li/list_of_naval_battles.html (2395 words)

	USS KIDD DD-661
		NEW ORLEANS and CHIPPEWA were laid down in January of 1815 at Sackett's Harbor, Lake Ontario, New York, under terms of a contract let on December 15, 1814, to Henry Eckford and Adam and Noah Brown.
		According to records kept in the Office of the Board of Navy Commissioners, NEW ORLEANS and CHIPPEWA were "building at Sackett's Harbor when peace was concluded in consequences of which their further progress was arrested.
		It was this joint force, together with a cruiser-destroyer group, which won the great Battle of the Coral Sea on May 07-08, driving back a southward thrust of the Japanese which threatened Australia and New Zealand and their seaborne lifelines.
	www.usskidd.com /ussneworleans.html (4145 words)

	USS KIDD DD-661
		NEW ORLEANS and CHIPPEWA were laid down in January of 1815 at Sackett's Harbor, Lake Ontario, New York, under terms of a contract let on December 15, 1814, to Henry Eckford and Adam and Noah Brown.
		NEW ORLEANS, veteran of the battle that halted Japan's expansion southward, had now played a significant role protecting her carrier in the great victory that turned back Japan's eastward movement and heavily crippled her naval air arm in a decisive battle.
		USS LEXINGTON (CV-2) was mortally wounded and NEW ORLEANS stood by, her men diving overboard to rescue survivors and her boat crews closing the burning carrier, oblivious to the dangers of flying debris and exploding ordnance as they saved 580 of LEXINGTON's crew who were then landed at Noumea.
	www.usskidd.com /ussneworleans.html (4145 words)

	USS KIDD DD-661
		NEW ORLEANS and CHIPPEWA were laid down in January of 1815 at Sackett's Harbor, Lake Ontario, New York, under terms of a contract let on December 15, 1814, to Henry Eckford and Adam and Noah Brown.
		NEW ORLEANS, veteran of the battle that halted Japan's expansion southward, had now played a significant role protecting her carrier in the great victory that turned back Japan's eastward movement and heavily crippled her naval air arm in a decisive battle.
		USS LEXINGTON (CV-2) was mortally wounded and NEW ORLEANS stood by, her men diving overboard to rescue survivors and her boat crews closing the burning carrier, oblivious to the dangers of flying debris and exploding ordnance as they saved 580 of LEXINGTON's crew who were then landed at Noumea.
	www.usskidd.com /ussneworleans.html (4145 words)

	USS KIDD DD-661
		NEW ORLEANS and CHIPPEWA were laid down in January of 1815 at Sackett's Harbor, Lake Ontario, New York, under terms of a contract let on December 15, 1814, to Henry Eckford and Adam and Noah Brown.
		NEW ORLEANS, veteran of the battle that halted Japan's expansion southward, had now played a significant role protecting her carrier in the great victory that turned back Japan's eastward movement and heavily crippled her naval air arm in a decisive battle.
		NEW ORLEANS escorted convoys from New York City to ocean rendezvous with destroyer escorts off the British Isles and the French coast until January 16, 1918 when she cleared New York for the Asiatic Station.
	www.usskidd.com /ussneworleans.html (4145 words)

	Individual Battles and Campaigns - War of 1812 - From colony to country : A reader's guide to Canadian military history
		Wilder, Patrick A. The Battle of Sackett's Harbor, 1813.
		Graves, Donald E. The Battle of Lundy's Lane : on the Niagara in 1814.
		* Suthren, Victor J.H. -- "The Battle of Châteauguay".
	www.collectionscanada.ca /military/h13-5009-e.html (4145 words)

	USS KIDD DD-661
		NEW ORLEANS and CHIPPEWA were laid down in January of 1815 at Sackett's Harbor, Lake Ontario, New York, under terms of a contract let on December 15, 1814, to Henry Eckford and Adam and Noah Brown.
		NEW ORLEANS, veteran of the battle that halted Japan's expansion southward, had now played a significant role protecting her carrier in the great victory that turned back Japan's eastward movement and heavily crippled her naval air arm in a decisive battle.
		USS LEXINGTON (CV-2) was mortally wounded and NEW ORLEANS stood by, her men diving overboard to rescue survivors and her boat crews closing the burning carrier, oblivious to the dangers of flying debris and exploding ordnance as they saved 580 of LEXINGTON's crew who were then landed at Noumea.
	www.usskidd.com /ussneworleans.html (4145 words)

	gov_tomp
		Governor Tompkins was laid up at Sacket's Harbor [sic; Sackett's Harbor] on close of the War of 1812.
		Elliott's hard work until winter closed the Lakes to navigation, laid the groundwork for Commodore Perry's great victory in the Battle of Lake Erie the following year.
		Governor Tompkins appeared on Lake Ontario 8 November 1812 as a unit of Commodore Isaac Chauncey's squadron which transported and lent fire support to the Army landings for the raid on Kingston 9 December 1812, the capture of York 27 April 1813, and the capture of Fort George, 27 May 1813.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/sail/gov_tomp.htm (350 words)

	Articles - Kingston, Ontario
		During the War of 1812, Kingston was the base for the Lake Ontario division of the Great Lakes British naval fleet and engaged in a vigorous arms race with the American fleet based at Sackett's Harbor, New York for control of Lake Ontario.
		The fort was captured and destroyed by the British in the Battle of Fort Frontenac near the end of the Seven Years' War in 1758.
		After the war, Britain built Fort Henry and a series of distinctive Martello towers to guard the entrance to the Rideau Canal (the fort is still standing and is a popular tourist destination).
	greensky.biz /articles/Kingston,_Ontario?mySession=ee3beec831952df95... (350 words)

	20th New York Volunteer Cavalry
		On June 19, 1863, Col. Newton B. Lord received authority to recruit this regiment, which received its numerical designation October 8, 1863, and was organized at Sackett's Harbor, where its companies were mustered in the service of the United States for three years.
		The original battle flag was embroidered by the famous New York City firm of Tiffany and Company, and combines the New York state and Federal emblems.
		Lord was previously with the New York 35th Regiment of Infantry, the "Jefferson County Regiment", which had seen action at Bull Run, Antietam and Fredericksburg and was mustered out in June of 1863.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/marko6 (891 words)

	20th New York Volunteer Cavalry
		On June 19, 1863, Col. Newton B. Lord received authority to recruit this regiment, which received its numerical designation October 8, 1863, and was organized at Sackett's Harbor, where its companies were mustered in the service of the United States for three years.
		The original battle flag was embroidered by the famous New York City firm of Tiffany and Company, and combines the New York state and Federal emblems.
		Lord was previously with the New York 35th Regiment of Infantry, the "Jefferson County Regiment", which had seen action at Bull Run, Antietam and Fredericksburg and was mustered out in June of 1863.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/marko6 (891 words)

	DANFS - USS Madison
		Madison departed Sackett's Harbor, N.Y., 25 April 1813 as flagship of Commodore Chauncey; she saw active duty in the War of 1812 as part of Chauncey's Lake Ontario Squadron.
		Madison participated in the capture of York, now Toronto, Canada, in April; the attacks on Fort George in May; and engagements with British squadrons on Lake Ontario 7 to 11 August and 11 to 22 September 1813.
		Madison was part of the mosquito fleet, serving against Seminole Indians in Florida 2 August 1841 to 29 July 1842.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/m/madison.htm (1001 words)

	war of 1812 information
		On April 27, 1813 the Americans took York (now Toronto; see: Battle of York), and in May moved on Fort George; but a counter-attack by Yeo and Prevost on Sackett's Harbour, on May 29, having made the Americans anxious about the safety of their base, naval support failed the American generals, and they were paralysed.
		On June 1, 1813, the frigate USS Chesapeake was captured by the British frigate HMS Shannon, a vessel of equal size, as it attempted to leave Boston Harbor, and this somewhat counterbalanced the moral effect of previous disasters.
		The burning by the American general McClure, on December 10, 1813, of Newark (Niagara on the Lake), for which severe retaliation was taken at Buffalo, was made the excuse for much destruction.
	www.war-against-terror.net /war-of-1812.htm (1001 words)

	20th New York Volunteer Cavalry
		On June 19, 1863, Col. Newton B. Lord received authority to recruit this regiment, which received its numerical designation October 8, 1863, and was organized at Sackett's Harbor, where its companies were mustered in the service of the United States for three years.
		The original battle flag was embroidered by the famous New York City firm of Tiffany and Company, and combines the New York state and Federal emblems.
		Lord was previously with the New York 35th Regiment of Infantry, the "Jefferson County Regiment", which had seen action at Bull Run, Antietam and Fredericksburg and was mustered out in June of 1863.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/marko6 (891 words)

	20th New York Volunteer Cavalry
		On June 19, 1863, Col. Newton B. Lord received authority to recruit this regiment, which received its numerical designation October 8, 1863, and was organized at Sackett's Harbor, where its companies were mustered in the service of the United States for three years.
		The original battle flag was embroidered by the famous New York City firm of Tiffany and Company, and combines the New York state and Federal emblems.
		Lord was previously with the New York 35th Regiment of Infantry, the "Jefferson County Regiment", which had seen action at Bull Run, Antietam and Fredericksburg and was mustered out in June of 1863.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/marko6 (891 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: WIGHT, LYMAN
		He enlisted in the United States Army during the War of 1812 and fought in the battle of Sackett's Harbor.
		Lyman Wight, pioneer Mormon leader and second chief justice of Gillespie County, was born in Fairfield Township, Herkimer County, New York, on May 9, 1796, to Levi and Sara (Corbin) Wight.
		Wight stopped attending sessions of the county court in June 1851 and in July of that year the county commissioners declared his office vacant.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/WW/fwi5.html (931 words)

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