Illinois in the War of 1812 Jaime Munoz Brenda Haversham isn't having a

Brenda Haversham isn't having a whole lot of fun

" -Carol Shiffer

Tracy's letters home follow his journey as a soldier and prisoner of war from his enlistment in September 1862 through the end of the war in May 1865

and Teresa and Tomás Pàmies--devoted their lives to the cause of the revolution

Anyone can do it and everyone should

Illinois in the War of 1812 Jaime Munoz Brenda Haversham isn't having aOn the eve of the War of 1812, the Illinois Territory was a new land of bright promise. The new territory ran from the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers north to the U. S. border with Canada, embracing the current states of Illinois and Wisconsin, together with a part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. By 1812 immigrant farmers had gathered in the wooded fringes around prime agricultural land, looking out over the prairies with longing and