Category: general history
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Napoleon’s Son – Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte
Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte – Great Expectations With the birth of most children, there are all kinds of exciting possibilities and great expectations of what kind of person this new life will grow up to be. Sometimes a child comes into this world only with expectations upon the part of his parents and immediate family. …
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Huron or Wyandot Mythology and Cosmogonic Myths
After having written of the New Madrid earthquake of 1811, Tecumseh, and the Native American prophecies, it comes to my mind that many people are not aware of the multitude of native peoples’ oral history histories when it comes to cosmogonic theories or creation myths. It should also not surprise anyone that virtually all indigenous…
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The Red Stick Creeks and the Great Earthquakes of 1811 and 1812
Without exception every historical event has a backstory and several other backstories within it. That’s certainly true with many of the Native American stories that often fail to get told from their perspective. This is the story of the Red Creek Red Stick tribe decision making process when they joined in the War of 1812…
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Governor Joseph Alston’s Record in the War of 1812
Joseph Alston was born in 1779 to a wealthy family in South Carolina. He attended the College of New Jersey, which was later renamed Princeton, but he never graduated. He studied law and was admitted to the bar, but he never practiced. He was a planter by trade and one of the wealthiest men…
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Yellow Fever: Napoleon’s Most Formidable Opponent
By Pam Keyes In mid-1802, French general Victor-Emmanuel LeClerc took up his pen to write back to his superior and sighed in the dripping, humid heat of Port-au-Prince. His brother-in-law, Napoleon, thought it would be an easy mission to quash the latest slave uprising on the island of Haiti and French-controlled colony St. Domingue. After…
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Malaria – The Mystery Plague of Colonial America
Despite modern advances in medicine, there is a plague (one of many) that still haunts mankind around the globe and that is malaria. Malaria is a parasite spread by the female mosquito that affects your blood cells. Somewhere in the world, every thirty-five seconds, a child unnecessarily dies from this horrible disease. Of course today,…
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U.S.S. Wasp – War of 1812 and the H.M.S. Reindeer
It’s important for those interested in the U.S.S. Wasp and its battles, to understand that when it comes to the naming of ships, the U.S.S. Wasp was not first ship to carry that name. In fact, it was actually the fifth ship to be named the Wasp (although internet searches will sometimes refer to it…
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Impressment of American Seamen
Most lovers of naval history will already know that the British were famous or rather infamous, for the impressment of British seamen during the late eighteenth century well into the early nineteenth century. Few, however, will remember that impressment of American seamen is often cited as a major contributing factor to the War of 1812. Great…
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Commemoration of a Hero: Jean Laffite and the Battle of New Orleans
Almost 200 years ago, privateer-smuggler Jean Laffite became a hero because he did something most people wouldn’t have done: in the face of extreme adversity, he had helped save New Orleans for the Americans, even though United States officers had destroyed his home base and seized his property a few months earlier. Sometimes incorrectly regarded…