Henry Procter
British Army general · Lived 1763 to 1822 · aged 59
Major-General Henry Patrick Procter was a British Army officer who served in Upper Canada during the War of 1812. Procter led British forces at the Battle of Frenchtown and the Siege of Fort Meigs, but is best known for his defeat on 5 October 1813 by American forces at the Battle of the Thames.
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The War of 1812 in the Detroit Region
Massacre of American Prisoners at French-town on the River Raisin. This print received wide circulation through recruiting posters issued by the United States War Department. (Clements Library, University of Michigan)
William Henry Harrison c. 1813 by Rembrandt Peale, National Portrait Gallery
The Siege of Fort Meigs
Death of Tecumseh: Battle of the Thames. Lithograph published in 1846 by Nathaniel Currier.
Map of the Battle of the Thames from Lossing's Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812 published in 1868About this person
The loss left the Western District of Upper Canada under American control for the rest of the war.
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Lived 1763 to 1822 · aged 59