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The War of 1812
On the 18th of January, 1813, the Adjutant General officially announced the exchange of Hull, McArthur, Cass, Findlay, Miller, and the remainder of the Detroit prisoners, thereby relieving them from disability to serve in the war. Judge James Y, Campbell, in his valuable work, "Outlines of the Political History of Michigan," from which has been derived most of the information contained in this brief notice of the war in Michigan Territory, says:
"The immediate result of Hull's surrender was a general uprising all over the west, Kentucky and Ohio were especially active, and General Harrison was by common consent put at the head of the forces, receiving a special commission from Kentucky. These troops were volunteers, not called out originally by the United States, but brought into the field by the enthusiasm
of the occasion.
Michigan
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