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    The Battle of Plattsburgh, also known as the Battle of Lake Champlain, ended the final British invasion of the northern states of the United States during...
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    claimed the region as a part of New France in 1609. Plattsburgh was the site of the amphibious Battle of Plattsburgh in the War of 1812, a key American victory...
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    Alexander Macomb (general) (category United States Army personnel of the War of 1812)
    General of the United States Army from May 29, 1828, until his death on June 25, 1841. Macomb was the field commander at the Battle of Plattsburgh during...
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    John E. Wool (category United States Army personnel of the War of 1812)
    promoted major of the 29th United States Infantry Regiment on April 13, 1813, which he led with distinction at the Battle of Plattsburgh in 1814. On September...
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    Thomas Macdonough (category United States Navy personnel of the War of 1812)
    Hall in Plattsburgh, N.Y. known as the Macdonough Monument which honors the victory of American soldiers and sailors in the Battle of Plattsburgh. In 1925...
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  • George Downie (category Royal Navy personnel of the War of 1812)
    Champlain in the Battle of Plattsburgh, during which he was killed. Downie was born in the village of Tong near Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis in the Scottish...
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  • up Plattsburgh in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Plattsburgh is a city in the U.S. state of New York. Plattsburgh may also refer to: Plattsburgh (town)...
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    HMS Confiance (1814) (category War of 1812 ships of the United Kingdom)
    Lake Champlain during the War of 1812. Confiance served as Captain George Downie's flagship at the Battle of Plattsburgh, on 11 September 1814. Surrendered...
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    Battle of Plattsburgh forced them back to Canada. Prime Minister Robert Jenkinson, aware of growing opposition to wartime taxation and the demands of...
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  • Timeline of the War of 1812 is a chronology of the War of 1812. List of War of 1812 Battles Bibliography of the War of 1812 Timeline of the American Revolution...
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    Scharnhorst-class cruiser (category World War I cruisers of Germany)
    the Battle of Plattsburgh in 1814. The East Asia Squadron, including both Scharnhorst-class ships, was subsequently annihilated at the Battle of the Falkland...
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    USS Saratoga (1814) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    around Cumberland Head, New York; and entered Plattsburgh Bay. There, he deployed his ships across the mouth of the harbor in a strong defensive position...
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    Crab Island (Lake Champlain) (category Plattsburgh (town), New York)
    1814 Battle of Plattsburgh. On the morning of September 11, 1814, the tiny island served as the southern end of Commodore Thomas Macdonough's battle line...
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    (1848). The village of Plattsburgh was incorporated within the town in 1815, then made a city in 1902. The Battle of Plattsburgh was fought in 1814 on...
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    pine branches worn at the Battle of Plattsburgh near the end of the War of 1812, the pine tree in the middle of the coat of arms represents the Vermont...
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    Crown. Battles of the War of 1812 (1812–1815) were fought on the Niagara Frontier; in the Champlain Valley, including the Battle of Plattsburgh; in the...
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  • Daniel Appling (category United States Army personnel of the War of 1812)
    conduct in capturing a superior force of the enemy at the Battle of Big Sandy Creek. During the Battle of Plattsburgh, Appling led 110 riflemen against General...
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    Fort Montgomery (Lake Champlain) (category Forts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state))
    against an attack from British Canada such as that which led to the Battle of Plattsburgh in 1814. In July 1817, President James Monroe visited the incomplete...
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    Regiment de Meuron (category British military units and formations of the War of 1812)
    to Canada to serve in the War of 1812. During the war, the Regiment served at the Battle of Plattsburgh. Later some of its soldiers also served at the...
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  • Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Napoleonic Battles Battles of the...
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  • 1814 Battle of Plattsburgh 11 September 1814 Battle of Baltimore 12–15 September 1814 First Battle of Fort Bowyer 14–16 September 1814 Battle of Fayal...
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    Salaberry, defeated an American corps of approximately 4,000 men, or at the Battle of Plattsburgh. An important weakness of abatis, in contrast to barbed wire...
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    Canadian Voltigeurs (category Canadian military units and formations of the War of 1812)
    light infantry force formed part of a brigade under Major General Thomas Brisbane during the Battle of Plattsburgh, where the British army retreated...
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    the Battle of Plattsburgh. By November 1814, the government of Lord Liverpool decided to seek an end to hostilities with the U.S. on the basis of status...
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    establishment of the Chief of Staff of the United States Army in 1903. During the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), the title was Commander-in-Chief of the...
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    New York. The bay is the location of the town and city of Plattsburgh, and was the site of the Battle of Plattsburgh, a naval and land engagement fought...
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    History of U.S. Special Forces" by John C. Fredriksen Page.27. Elting, pp. 257–258 Fitz-Enz, David (2001). The Final Invasion: Plattsburgh, the War of 1812's...
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    Frederick Philipse Robinson (category British Army personnel of the War of 1812)
    Battle of Plattsburgh. In 1813 and 1814 he commanded a brigade under the Duke of Wellington in Spain. He was a provisional Lieutenant-Governor of Upper...
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    forces repelled a British invasion from Canada with a victory at the Battle of Plattsburgh. The British public began to turn against the war in North America...
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    William Beaumont (category United States Army personnel of the War of 1812)
    of 1812, participating in the Battle of Plattsburgh. After the war ended, he started a private practice in Plattsburgh, New York, but by 1820, Beaumont...
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