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WAR OF 1812 BASICS

CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
James Madison

CURRENT FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES
Dolley Madison

CURRENT VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
George Clinton 

CURRENT NUMBER OF STATES
18

CURRENT STATES AND ORDER OF ENTRY INTO THE UNION

Delaware    December 7, 1787
Pennsylvania    December 12, 1787
New Jersey    December 18, 1787
Georgia    January 2, 1788
Connecticut    January 9, 1788
Massachusetts    February 6, 1788
Maryland    April 28, 1788
South Carolina    May 23, 1788
New Hampshire    June 21, 1788
Virginia    June 25, 1788
New York    July 26, 1788
North Carolina    November 21, 1789
Rhode Island    May 29, 1790
Vermont    March 4, 1791
Kentucky    June 1, 1792
Tennessee June 1, 1796
Ohio    March 1, 1803
Louisiana    April 20, 1812


PRIOR PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THEIR POLITICAL PARTIES

George Washington  1789-1797  None
John Adams 1797-1801  Federalist
Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809  Republican
James Madison 1809-1817  Republican

CURRENT KING OF GREAT BRITAIN
George III  1760-1820

CURRENT RULER OF GREAT BRITAIN
George,  Prince Regent

CURRENT PRIME MINISTER OF GREAT BRITAIN AND HIS POLITICAL PARTY
Robert Banks Jenkinson 1812-1827 Tory

 

1812 U.S. MILITARY BASICS

Authorized company strength: 60
Actual company strength: 36 -48
One company =Two platoons
Two sections = One platoon
One company = Four sections
Battalion = Five companies
Two batallions = One Regiment

AVERAGE 1812 U.S. PAY SCALE (VARIED THROUGHOUT THE WAR)

Privates $5.00 Per month
Corporals $7.00 per month
Sergeants $9.00 per month

 

 

 
 
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