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Laura Secord After her perilous journey to warn of an American attack during the War of 1812, the Kahnawake Mohawks repel the invasion (1813).
INGERSOLL, LAURA ( Secord ), heroine; b. 13 Sept. 1775 in Great Barrington, Mass., eldest daughter of Thomas Ingersoll and Elizabeth Dewey; d. 17 Oct. 1868, at Chippawa (Niagara Falls, Ont.). When Laura Ingersoll was eight, her mother died, leaving four little girls. Her father remarried twice and had a large family by his third wife.
Laura exited the American-occupied territory and walked 20 miles to warn the army. Now aware of and able to anticipate the American attack, Fitzgibbon launched a preemptive ambush as they arrived the next day, protecting the Canadian army and capturing 500 American prisoners. Laura Secord’s role in the War of 1812 was never formally ...
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Dec 13, 2021 · Laura Secord (1775 – 1868) Laura Ingersoll Secord was a hero of the War of 1812 who walked 32 kilometres out of American-occupied territory to warn British forces of a looming attack by the Americans. Born to rebel parents in Massachusetts, Secord moved to the Niagara region of Upper Canada with her family in 1795. Soon after, she married ...
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