The War of 1812 on the Niagara
Frontier
Buffalo, NY
War History on Buffalo Architecture and History Website:
Arthur R. Bowler, The Burning of Buffalo Essay, illustrations
Arthur R. Bowler, The War of 1812 Heats Up on the Niagara Frontier EssayArthur R. Bowler, The Beginnings of the War of 1812 Essay
William Chazanof, Buffalo in Her Formative Years EssayWilliam Hodge, Jr., "Buffalo Cemeteries" Excerpts from an 1879 speech. Hodge's father built 300 coffins for war casualties
Patrick Kavanagh, Sarah Lovejoy Essay
James Napora, Upper Black Rock
Frank H. Severance, ed., The Earliest Buffalo including an 1813 "Burned Buffalo" Map Reprinted from "The Picture Book of Earlier Buffalo," Buffalo Historical Society, Vol. 16, 1912, pp. 57-66
Steve and Barbara Townsend, Townsend Ships in the War of 1812Mike Vogel's newspaper version of the War of 1812
Mason Winfield, The State of War: Summer 1814, Part 1
Mason Winfield, The State of War: Summer 1814, Part 2
Mason Winfield, The Fourth at the Fort: The Taking of Fort Erie
Mason Winfield, Regulars, by God!: The Battle of Chippawa, Part 1
Mason Winfield, Guerrillas in a Thrilla: The Battle of Chippawa, Part 2
Mason Winfield, “Dread Seemed to Forbid His Advance…”: The Battle of Lundy’s Lane, Part 1
Mason Winfield, A Desperation That Bordered on Madness: The Battle of Lundy’s Lane, Part 2
Flint Hill and the War of 1812 Brochure reprint plus illustrations
Peter Porter - Table of Contents
Robert "Frankie" Franklin Plaque
Fort Niagara Illustrations, history
The Early Buffalo Drawings of LeGrand St. John Includes 4 drawings related to the War of 1812
Severance, Frank H, What Was the 'Black Rock' in Black Rock?
Dr. Cyrenius Chapin - Table of Contents Practiced medicine before the War. American Capt. during the War. In charge of the American militia in the Battle of Buffalo. Imprisoned by the British at the surrender of Buffalo because of his reputation for plundering in Canada.
Job Hoisington Plaque War hero
Job Hoisington - Christopher N. Brown, Pages 73-79 in Historic Plymouth Avenue in the Kleinhans Neighborhood Scroll down to page 73.
Jesse Ketchum - Christopher N. Brown, Page 57 in Historic Plymouth Avenue in the Kleinhans Neighborhood Fought against the Americans in Canada
Jesse Ketchum - Westminster Presbyterian Church History
Margaret St. John - Table of Contents
Ebenezer Walden Captured during the War of 1812 by British but escaped
For more information on Buffalo Architecture & History Website, use the Search Engine on the home page.
War History on other Websites:
The Official War of 1812 Bicentennial Website
BECHS: List of books related to the War of 1812 in the Buffalo, NY Area
Buffalo & Erie
County Historical Society: War of 1812 Manuscripts in Our Collection
Henry Wayland Hill, ed., The
Burning of Buffalo Excerpted from the book: . Municipality of Buffalo, New
York, A History. 1720-1923
Naval
Victory - Copy of an 1813 Letter to the Editor on The Buffalonian website
Pictorial
Field-Book of the war of 1812, by Benson J. Lossing, 1869
Essay. See Chap. XVIII-XXI
Maps: War of 1812 maps See especially Map of the Niagara Frontier and Plan of Operations at the Mouth of the Niagara River Includes short essays
People on other Websites:
The
Erastus Granger Papers: Cornplanter ... Joseph Ellicott ... Horatio
Jones ... The Iroquois (Six Nations) ... James Monroe: Secretary of War
and President of the United States ... Jasper Parrish ... Red Jacket
... The Treaty of Big Tree (1794) ... The Treaty of Canandaigua (1797)
... Treaties of Fort Stanwix: 1768 and 1784 ... George Washington
Published online by SUNY Oswego. Granger was a President
Washington-appointed Indian agent and President Jefferson-appointed
first area postmaster whose farm was located in what is now Forest Lawn
Cemetery. During the War of 1812, Granger convinced the local Senecas
to enter the war to fight for the Americans in the Battle of Black
Rock. The Senecas continued to fight for the Americans until after the
Battle of Chippawa.
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