War of 1812 blockhouse being built

The latest progress on Fort Holmes, 6-3-15. (Clark Bloswick photo).

Tom Chambers ‎Mackinac Island News and Views

An authentic Journal of the Siege of the Havana. By an Officer. To which is prefixed a plan of the siege, etc 1762

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Gorham's Rangers

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In 1762, the regiment was part of Burton's Corps sent from North America to assist the British force already besieging Havana. It arrived in Cuba on June 27 and took part in the siege and capture of Havana suffering heavy losses from sickness during the following months. After the capitulation of Havana, the remaining rangers were drafted into the depleted British regiments.

Battle of Havana 1762

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British siege guns before Morro Castle

Dominic Serres - National Maritime Museum BHC0410

A depiction of an episode from the last major operation of the Seven Years War, 1756-63. It was part of England's offensive against Spain when she entered the war in support of France late in 1761. The British Government's response was immediately to plan large offensive amphibious operations against Spanish overseas possessions, particularly Havana, the capital of the western dominions and Manila, the capital of the eastern. Havana needed large forces for its capture and early in 1762 ships and troops were dispatched under Admiral Sir George Pocock and General the Earl of Albemarle. The force which descended on Cuba consisted of 22 ships of the line, four 50-gun ships, three 40-gunners, a dozen frigates and a dozen sloops and bomb vessels. In addition there were troopships, storeships, and hospital ships. Pocock took this great fleet of about 180 sail through the dangerous Old Bahama Strait, from Jamaica, to take Havana by surprise. Havana, on Cuba's north coast, was guarded by the elevated Morro Castle which commanded both the entrance to its fine harbour, immediately to the west, and the town on the west side of the bay. The castle was built on rock, with massive rock-cut ditches defending it to landward. It was, however, overlooked by the high ground of the Cabana ridge (Los Cavannos) to the south-east. Despite Spanish defence of the ridge, the British managed to take it and set up a battery there from which to bombard the castle at a distance. This painting shows the inside of the battery, made from a timber platform with a parapet of fascines. The gunners wear blue coats. The Morro Castle can be seen in the distance on the right, with the bell-tower of Havana cathedral on the left. The main harbour lies below, hidden by the trees in the centre.

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• Created: circa 1775

Yemassee War battle at Goose Creek

'We are commemorating the battle that took place at George Chicken’s garrison on June 13, 1715, on June 13, 2015, the tricentennial of the battle.   After the battle, he gave the place where they fought and buried bodies to be a chapel of ease to the main parish. See our facebook page for newspaper articles and so forth.'

Re-enactors to commemorate the Battle of Bloody Mose

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Corporal Cartouch teaching Miss Camp-Love her Manual Exercise

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John Collett