Raisin River

1. a river in SE Michigan, flowing E to Lake Erie: 1813 battle site. 115 miles (185 km) long.

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Author and retired Canadian Forces Major Sandy Antal will speak on “Unspoken Sub-plots to the Raisin River Affair of 1813” on Saturday.

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How did newspaper publishers remember the Raisin River massacre?

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At the Raisin River in Michigan, a combined force of British soldiers and natives routed the Americans, killing hundreds of Kentucky militiamen.

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J. Austin Scott witnessed a migration in the fall of 1840, when hundreds of gray and black squirrels crossed the Raisin River near Adrian.

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Came to Canada, 1809, as inspecting field officer of militia in Upper Canada; commanded at Amherstburg when it was attacked by Hull, 1812; commanded militia at the capture of Detroit; and defeated Winchester at Raisin River, 1813.

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