The
25th Annual War of 1812 in the West
Symposium
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Osage Warrior
Historic Fort Osage, Jackson County Parks, March 21-22 2015
105 Osage Street, Sibley, Missouri 64088
Saturday March 21
9:00 A.M.
Opening Comments by David Bennett.
09:10 A. M. “Native Missouri at the Time of the Louisina Purchase” by
Michael Dickey. 28 year veteran with Missouri Natural Resources, Administrator
Arrow Rock Missouri State Historic Site & Sappington Cemetery & Boones Lick
Historic Site; author People of the Rivers Mouth: In Search of the Missouria
Indians, (University Press Missouri) 2011; Arrow Rock: Crossroads of the Missouri
Frontier, (Friends of Arrow Rock Press) 2004.
10:00 A.M. “Arming the Regulars, Militia & Rangers in the Missouri
Territory during the War of 1812” David Bennett, Independent Scholar,
author of “First Regiment of United States Infantry at Lundy’s Lane, 25 July 1814,”
Military Collector & Historian Journal, 2014; “A New Perspective on the Last Days
of Fort Madison,” Journal of the War of 1812, 2009 & other articles.
11:00 A.M. “The Last Battle: Post-War Hostilities in the War of 1812”
Hal Youmans, Colonel, USA, Retired, Contributor Encyclopedia of the War of
1812, 2012; Past Editor of the Journal of the War of 1812, author of numerous
articles on the War of 1812.
12:00 P.M. Lunch Break.
1:00 P.M. “The Missouri Territory in 1815: The Struggle for Peace in
the West ” Michael D. Harris, MA., Educator, editor of The Despatch;
Contributor to the Encyclopedia of The War of 1812, 2012; Chairmen of the
Missouri State War of 1812 Bicentennial Committee.
2:00 P.M. “The Girl Heroes of the War of 1812 in Missouri” By Jim
Denny, Missouri Department of Natural Resources Historian, and author of several
books including The Civil Wars’ First Blood, Missouri 1854-1861, 2008; Co-author
of Atlas of Lewis and Clark in Missouri, (University of Mo. Press, 2003.)
3:00 P.M. “The Battle of New Orleans” Richard Barbuto, Ph.D., Professor,
Deputy Director Military History, U.S. Army Command & General Staff College,
author of The Canadian Theater, 1814, (US Army Center of Military History),
2014; Long Range Guns, Close Quarter Combat: The Third United Sates Artillery
Regiment in the War of 1812, (Old Fort Niagara Association) 2010; Niagara 1814:
America Invades Canada, (University Press Kansas) 2000; and numerous articles.
5:00 PM Attendees and presenters are invited to dine together, location to be
announced.
Sunday March 22
09:00 A.M. Opening Comments by David Bennett
09:10 A.M. “Women of the Company” by Sally E. Bennett, Adjunct
Professor of English, Johnson County Community College. Contributor to
Encyclopedia of the War of 1812, 1812; Contributor to Treaties with American
Indians, ABC-Clio 2008; Seeking Men of Iron Sinew: Creating a Professional
Military in the Early American Republic”, ABC-CLIO 2009
10:00 A.M. “In Search for an 1812 Ammunition Box” by Douglass
Harding, NPS, Ranger.
11:00 A.M. Heroic Medicine: Health care in the Early 19 th Century
American Army by Eric Mathews, Ph.D. Associate Professor of research, A.T.
Still University. Resident subject matter expert on Early American Medicine for the
U.S. Army Center of Military History and NPS, author of several articles regarding
early American Medicine.
12: PM
25th Annual War of 1812 in the West Symposium concludes.
12:30 PM
Tour of historic Fort Osage by David C. Bennett
Displays include: “Non-Commissioned Office Swords 1790-1815” by Steve Luecke;
“Mounted Missouri Militia” by Bill Jordan; “The War of 1812” by David Bennett.
Special thanks to Kate Warfield and the Fort Osage Historic site team.
No registration or fee is required, open to the public.
Call for papers & Symposium Information: Contact David Bennett at
[email protected]
Future War of 1812 in the West Symposium dates and locations: 26-27 March
2016, Arrow Rock State Historic Site, Arrow Rock, Missouri.
The Official Web site for the Annual War of 1812 in the West Symposium is
www.1stusinfantry.com