Great Site Todd, My family history, during the War of 1812 in Niagara, may not be that unique, but bears telling none the less. Two sons, John McCombs (aka Maccomb), and Samuel are found enrolled in the 1st Lincoln Militia, 2nd Flank Company from the beginning of the war. A third son Michael, then 12 years old is surmised to have run ammunition for this company. They fought in every major engagement and fought as rear guards during the British evacuation from Fort George in 1813. It is known from John's journals that he returned with British flank, and Merritt's Dragoons to harrass the enemy, joining Lt. Col Bisshop's command, and present at the "burning and baking" of Buffalo. The sons father, Timothy was indicted for high treason for actions in Niagara under American occupation (I published accounts of discovered orginal Assize Court scrolls, in the Niagara Historical Society a few years ago) and the remaining family evacuated with the American troops in 1813. The three sons remained in Upper Canada after the war to remain Loyal to the Crown. My take on WHO WON revolves around achievement of set goals. The US goal was to conquer Canada and the British goal was to prevent this. The US ended the war in the last quarter of 1814 fighting a defensive action on their own soil, thus not achieving any of their orginal goals, in fact facing the real delemma of loosing their country (however, this was never a British goal). By 1815, the US lacked the funds to continue the war, and the British must have been strained financially as well after many years fighting Napoleon. I disagree with the statement that the British controlled the oceans. The British navy were loosing badly up to the HMS Sannon under Capt Broke, defeating the USS Chesapeak under Capt. Lawrence. However most of the US ocean navy was bottled up in port by blockade in the later war. This would have direct help for the US achievments for their Lake navy, as per Perry's victory 1813, and Lake Champlain victory at the Battle of Plattsburgh 1814, as trained ship crews moved to this theatre. Just my two cents Murray From: "Todd Humber" <todd.humber@sympatico.ca> To: WARof1812-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <001a01c4e241$d0be2390$8ab1fea9@Humber1> Subject: Re: [WARof1812] re: Extension of Rev. War? C I'm finding this debate around the War of 1812 fascinating. I'm a bit loathe to plug my own site, but since it's not there to make money, if you're interested in reading about the War of 1812 from a Canadian perspective and, in particular, the exploits of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock, check out http://www.generalbrock.com. Thanks, - Todd Webmaster General Brock.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .