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By: Clarence Stewart Peterson, Pub. 1955, reprinted 2024, 88 pages, ISBN #978-1-63914-199-9. This book is an alphabetically list of approximately 4,000 "Known" military dead during the War of 1812. Information to be found within: names with rank, date of death, and state of birth or service or place where buried.
"[This volume] is intended to list all names on record of those who settled on Homesteads, Timeber Culture Claims (Tree Claims), School Lands, Preemption and Military Warrant lands, totalling about 3400 names of pioneers listed in the 1880 census, the first taken there...."--Page v.
The War of 1812 was fought by eighteen states--the original thirteen states that formed the Union, as well as Vermont, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, and Louisiana. In the preparation of this work, the compiler surveyed the records of the National Archives, as well as many of the libes and archives of the eighteen states in which fatalities were recorded. The end result is an authoritative list of some 3,500 known military dead of the War of 1812. The entries, which are alphabetically arranged, give the name of the deceased, his rank, the name of his company or branch of service, his date of death, and an indication as to whether the individual died in battle or as a prisoner of war.
The War of 1812 was fought by eighteen states--the original thirteen states that formed the Union, as well as Vermont, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, and Louisiana. In the preparation of this work, the compiler surveyed the records of the National Archives, as well as many of the libes and archives of the eighteen states in which fatalities were recorded. The end result is an authoritative list of some 3,500 known military dead of the War of 1812. The entries, which are alphabetically arranged, give the name of the deceased, his rank, the name of his company or branch of service, his date of death, and an indication as to whether the individual died in battle or as a prisoner of war.
In 1898, a Minnesota farmer unearthed a 200-pound carved stone covered with runes while chopping down a tree. Dubbed the Kensington Rune Stone, supporters claimed that it proved that by the 14th century, Scandinavian explorers had reached not just Newfoundland (as widely accepted) but also the middle of North America. Widely suspected to be a hoax, the author takes up the contrary position--defending the authenticity of the rune stone.