Black War Of 1812 Soldier Finally Recognized As Veteran—152 Years After His Death Samuel A. Neale served in the Maryland State Militia during the War of 1812.

According to Scire’s ruling, the Maryland militia’s 1st Cavalry Regiment had in effect been federalized during the War of 1812 — summoned out of state duty and into federal service, as ...

About 70,000 Virginians, mostly militia, served during the war. Virginia militia also served with Gen. William H. Harrison in Ohio in the winter of 1812–1813 and at Baltimore during the siege of ...

The Arkansas General Society War of 1812 and the U.S. Daughters of 1812 representatives Ron and Sheila Beatty-Krout, ...

Though the War of 1812 ended without a military victor, the clear losers were Native Americans. Ravaged by war, and abandoned after it by the British, tribes east of the Mississippi could no ...

A Black War of 1812 veteran who has been denied a traditional military honor due to protocols dating to the slavery era will be memorialized in a Frederick cemetery this weekend, though not by the ...

The ceremony included presentation and posting of colors by the TNSSAR Color Guard, family history information, localized notes on the War of 1812 militia units, Society ceremonial passages and ...

FREDERICK, Md. — An attempt in Maryland to recognize a patriot who fought the British in the War of 1812 has ignited a modern debate about race and military recognition. The unmarked grave in ...