![]() Wanting to update the Secretary on the situation, Johnson enclosed a handbill with correspondence, dated May 12, 1813, to “appraise of the rendezvous of the mounted regiment.” The printed handbill (see image below), entitled A Call for the Mounted Regiment, is broken down into two sections. ![]() In a letter received by the War Department on Febru(see image above right), he announced that he was again prepared “to raise two regiments of mounted men to serve for any period not exceeding four months after meeting any place of rendezvous, not exceeding 300 miles from Cincinnati.” Once authorized by Secretary Armstrong on February 26, 1813, Johnson set out to do as he had planned and a regiment consisting of about 1,500 men was formed, with him serving as the commanding officer. While this plan was rejected by General William Henry Harrison, Johnson continued to appeal to the Secretary. House of Representatives from Kentucky, wrote to the Secretary of War, John Armstrong, on December 14, 1812, requesting permission to organize a regiment of mounted volunteers in order to conduct a winter campaign against the Indians. On one occasion I located two such records within the Secretary of War records at Archives I. In a previous blog ( Music at the National Archives) I wrote about those rare instances when archivists and researchers come across a document that stands out because it is so different from what is usually found within our holdings. ![]()
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