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The War of 1812
Harrison was also commissioned for the same purpose by the United States. The Indians were very soon scattered from the Wabash and driven northward. A campaign was planned for the recovery of Michigan and the capture of Maiden, which was delayed by some untoward events and for a time prevented General Winchester, who, without orders, undertook to advance to the Raisin, and there met with a terrible calamity."
The troops under Winchester, an old Revolutionary officer, were intelligent
' and brave, chiefly Kentuckians, composed of the foremost young men of the
State, and had entered the service determined to wipe out the disgrace of
Hull's surrender and redeem the Michigan Territory from British rule and
relieve the people from their terror of the merciless savage.
Michigan
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