Talk:Battle of Mackinac Island (1814)

Split article ?
It may be worth splitting this article into two sections: the initial capture in 1812, and the American attempt at recapture in 1814. Other than being on the same island, there is little in common between the two actions. HLGallon 21:25, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Hope this is a good response
By renaming the battle "Battle of Mackinac Island," which by the way is its official name, the article refocuses attention on the actual campaign of July-August 1814 and battle of August 4. The 1812 facts (which track those in Wikipedia's parallel "Fort Mackinac" article) are useful as a "frame" for the main story. If anyone wants to edit them down, they are welcome to do so, but I think they are useful where they are. Bigturtle 01:40, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

I have some possible sources that can be used for this page to increase the information about "Native Americans" Andrews, Roger. Old Fort Mackinac on the hill of history. Herald-Leader Press, 1938. Benn, Carl. The War of 1812: the fight for American trade rights. Rosen Pub., 2011. Collins, Gilbert. GUIDEBOOK TO THE HISTORIC SITES OF THE WAR OF 1812: 2nd edition, revised and updated. READHOWYOUWANT COM LTD, 2017. Dunnigan, Brian Leigh. A picturesque situation Mackinac before photography, 1615-1860. Wayne State University Press, 2008. Englebert, Robert, and Guillaume Teasdale. French and Indians in the Heart of North America, 1630-1815. Michigan State University Press, 2013. Grodzinski, John R. The War of 1812: an annotated bibliography. Routledge, 2008. Henrickson, Amy. Lets explore Mackinac Island. A. Henrickson, 2015. McCoy, Raymond. The massacre of old Fort Mackinac (Michilimackinac) a tragedy of the American frontier, with the early history of St. Ignace, Mackinaw city and Mackinac island .. 1946. Porter, Phil. The soldiers of Fort Mackinac: an illustrated history. Mackinac State Historic Parks, 2018. White, Richard. The middle ground: Indians, empires, and republics in the Great Lakes region, 1650-1815. Cambridge University Press, 2011. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MariahRossi (talk • contribs) 01:43, 3 March 2018 (UTC)