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Encyclopedia > Henry Proctor

Major-General Henry Procter (c.176331 October 1822) was a British officer who served in Canada during the War of 1812. The designation C: (sometimes C: ) is the drive letter that refers to the main partition (or portion of an hard drive) on an MS-DOS or Windows personal computer. ... 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... 1822 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The War of 1812 was a conflict fought in North America between the United States and Great Britain from 1812 to 1815. ...


Placed in command of Fort Detroit by Isaac Brock, he was soon faced by an attack from American General William Henry Harrison. Procter captured a detachment of Harrison's ment at the River Raisin, and subsequently turned the prisoners over to the custody of his Native American allies. The natives executed 60 of them, an event known as the River Raisin Massacre. This article refers to the largest city of Michigan. ... This article refers to the British general. ... General is a military rank, in most nations the highest rank, although some nations have the higher rank of Field Marshal. ... Order: 9th President Vice President: John Tyler Term of office: March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841 Preceded by: Martin Van Buren Succeeded by: John Tyler Date of birth: February 9, 1773 Place of birth: Berkeley, Virginia Date of death: April 4, 1841 Place of death: Washington D.C. First Lady... Boats on the River Raisin just downstream from Monroe, Michigan The River Raisin, is a river in southeastern Michigan that flows through glacial sediments into Lake Erie. ... Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, Amerindians, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. ...


Following the Battle of Lake Erie, Procter's supply lines were cut and he was forced to retreat from Detroit. Harrison attacked him, and they fought at the Battle of the Thames, where Procter's forces fled while his native allies were still fighting. Procter was court-martialed for "deficency in energy and judgement", and suspended for six months without pay. The Battle of Lake Erie, sometimes also referred to as the Battle of Put-in-Bay, was fought on September 10, 1813 in Lake Erie off the coast of Ohio. ... The Battle of the Thames, also known as the Battle of Moraviantown, was a battle in the War of 1812 which took place on October 5, 1813. ... A court-martial (plural courts-martial) is a military court that determines punishments for members of the military subject to military law. ...


Procter's last name is also spelled "Proctor" in many documents and books, though scholars generally prefer "Procter".


External links

  • Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online (http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=37206)

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Nathan R. Proctor (1021 words)
Proctor enlisted in the Thirty-Eighth Iowa Infantry and was assigned to Company G. He spent the first winter in camp at New Madrid, and then took part in the long siege against Vicksburg, after which the regiment went into camp at New Orleans, where from the effects of disease and hardship, Mr.
Proctor, who upon the altar of his country laid down his life, was a man of strong convictions and upright character who won the respect of all with whom he came in contact.
Proctor was joined in wedlock with Miss Mary McFadden, who at the age of three years came to this county with her parents who are now living near Randalia.
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Proctor completed preparatory studies at Fisk and graduated with an A.B. degree in 1891 and then studied at Yale Divinity School, where he graduated with a B.D. degree in 1894.
By 1904 Proctor's work was winning him wider recognition; Clark University awarded him an honorary doctor of divinity degree, and he was elected as assistant moderator of the National Council of Congregational Churches.
Proctor was "a magnificent specimen of a man, six feet two or three inches, and finely proportioned, with the dignity and self-command of the true orator; it is easy to understand the hold he maintains over [his] large congregation," said Washington Gladden.
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