James Beach Clow House

Circa 1830 significant example of Greek Revival architecture. Served as an Underground Railway station prior to the Civil War. Listed on National Register of Historic Places by U.S. Dept. of Interior in 1989.

Marker is at the intersection of Chapel Drive ...

Providence Baptist Church

This is the oldest Baptist Church in Beaver County, organized November 14, 1801. Elder Henry Spear, a Baptist preacher, delivered the first sermon in the log cabin home of brother Ezekiel Jones and his wife Hannah. Twenty-one pioneer folk attended

Camilla and Zack Hubert Homesite

Zack Hubert, a former Warren County slave, moved here with his family in 1871. The Huberts were among the first African-American landowners in central Georgia and played influential roles in the area´s African-American community. They named their homesite Springfield. Zack ...

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The Aftermath

The Aftermath. In the days following the battle, General Brown's victorious troops advanced another 25 kilometers (18 miles) north to Fort George before retiring back to Niagara Falls when more British troops arrived in the area. They met the ...

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Final Stages

As the battle raged, more American artillery deployed to the middle of the plain between the 11th U.S. and the lone 25th U.S. company, less than 100 meters (109 yards) from the British line. General Brown then led Ripley's ...

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Battle on the Plain

British General Riall was convinced that the greater part of Brown's army was still surrounding Fort Erie. He did not know the Fort had surrendered and he was facing the entire U.S. division. Still, the number of ...

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Advance to Contact

Major General Phineas Riall, the British commander, had repaired the bridge over the Chippawa and ordered his own Regular light infantry, the local Canadians of the 2nd Lincoln Militia and a force of Native Warriors, to clear out ...

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Opening Strikes

At dawn 5 July 1814, parties of Canadian-Militia and British allied Native Warriors scouted the American camp. They began sniping from the bushes on the north side of Street's Creek and this continued throughout the morning. Around noon, General ...

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Background to a Battle

On these fields and the surrounding woods 4,000 American, British, Canadian and Native forces fought the first major battle of the Niagara campaign of 1814. When the last shots died away on Samuel Street's farm, more than ...

Battle of Chippawa

[Text on the West Side]:

Battle of Chippawa

5 July 1814

In memory of all those who fought on this ground,

many of whom are buried nearby,

and to commemorate the peace that has prevailed

between Canada and the United States

since that time.

This ...