Primary & Secondary Sources
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Diaries, Journals, Letters, Histories & Other Documents
Accounts & Articles Related Directly to Fort Meigs:
Journal of Capt. Eleazer D. Wood, US Corps of Engineers
Diary & Orderly Book of Capt. Daniel Cushing, 2nd US Arty
Diary of Lt. Joseph H. Larwill, 2nd US Arty
Regimental Book of 1st Regt, 3rd Det, Ohio Militia – Col. James Mills, commanding
Memoirs of Col. Alexander Bourne, OH Militia
Diary of an Anonymous Soldier, OH Militia
Memoirs of Capt. Leslie Combs, KY Militia
Diary of William B. Northcutt, KY Militia
Diary of Capt. John Barrickman, PA Militia
To the Rapids: Journal of Sgt. Greenbury Keen, PA Militia
Memoirs of Pvt. Nathanial Vernon, Pittsburgh Blues, (PA Militia)
The Helm, the Sword, and the Cross: The Memoirs of Alfred M. Lorrain, VA Militia
History of the Petersburg Volunteers 1812-1813 (VA Militia)
Farewell Letter of Brig. Gen. Green Clay, KY Militia
Appeal of D.Q. Master Joseph Wheaton to U.S. Congress
Richardson’s War of 1812 – Aide-de-camp of General Proctor
The Thin Red Line: Tecumseh, the Prophet, and Shawnee Resistance by R. David Edmunds
History of Fort Meigs PowerPoint Presentation by Dan Woodward
Other War of 1812 Accounts and Information:
Letter of an Anonymous U.S. Soldier at the Siege of Fort Erie
Expedition of Col. John G. Campbell
Accounts of Pvt. Thomas Christian
Diary of Maj. William Darlington
Diary of a Chaplin in Andrew Jackson’s Army
Personal Reminisences of Gen. Chauncy Eggleston
Report of Battle of Fort Erie by Gen. Edmund Gains
Accounts of Pvt. J.R. Giddings
Memoirs and Notes of Alfred Goodman
Narrative of Pvt. William Greathouse
Experiences of Sgt. Jesse Perse Harmon
Accounts of Maj. Horace Holder
Notes & Documents of Lt. Reynold Kirby
Notes & Documents of Maj. Alexander McCulloch
Papers of Maj. Daniel McFarland
Accounts of Capt. Rufus McIntire
Accounts of the Battle of Mississiniway
Accounts of John Porter Norton
Letters of Pvt. John Patterson
A Guide to Viriginia’s Militia Units in the War of 1812
Memoirs of Capt. Ephraim Shaler
Extracts of the Marine Practice of Physic and Surgery
History of the Pittsburgh Washington Infantry
History of Westmoreland County
Letters and Reports on Fort Stephenson