The surrender at Fort Bowyer.
Here’s an interesting newspaper article reporting that the latest research shows the final battle of the War of 1812 was not New Orleans, but a relatively overlooked fight in Alabama that took place in January 1815.
Here’s an excerpt from the article:
“[The study] revealed the last battle of the War of 1812 was not fought in New Orleans, as commonly believed. Another battle was fought in St. Marys four days after Gen. Andrew Jackson led a group against British troops Jan. 12, 1815, in New Orleans.
And as the 200th anniversary of the battle approaches, talk of creating an event to commemmorate the war is at hand in St. Marys.
The HMS Dragon, with 74 guns, sailed from Cumberland Island to attack a battery at Point Peter, a lightly defended frontier outpost at what was then the southernmost point of the United States.
Archeologists called the battle “The Forgotten Invasion” and hailed the conflict between British and American troops as the last battle of the War of 1812.
It turns out they were wrong. A member of the Guale Historical Society has found proof that the last battle was actually fought weeks later on Feb. 8, 1815, at Fort Bowyer in Mobile, Ala.”
Interesting. However, I do wonder about the so-called Battle of the Ice Mound that took place in Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay near Taylor’s Island in February 1815. Based on the dates, could this actually have been the last battle of 1812?
