1From James Madison to Benjamin Drake, 8 December 1821 (Madison Papers)
...Harrison (1773–1841) served in the U.S. Army, 1791–98, as secretary of the Northwest Territory, 1798–1800, and as governor of the Indiana Territory, 1800–1813. During the War of 1812 Harrison was commissioned a brigadier general and given command of the army of the Northwest. He was promoted to major general in March 1813. In October of that year Harrison’s troops secured a victory at the...