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WINDER, WILLIAM H

\wˈa͡ɪndə], \wˈa‍ɪndə], \w_ˈaɪ_n_d_ə]\

Definitions of WINDER, WILLIAM H

1894 - Dictionary of United States history

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(1775-1824), led a successful expedition into Canada below Fort Erie in 1812. His brigade repelled the British attack at Stony Creek in 1813. He was in command at Bladensburg in 1814, and was disastrously defeated.

1894 - Dictionary of United States history
By John Franklin Jameson

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