War of 1812 veterans

A plaque commemorating the War of 1812 veterans who were buried in the University of Virginia Cemetery and Columbarium.

Portrait miniature of Hugh Nelson, a Congressman from Albemarle County who vehemently opposed the notion of commencing an armed conflict with the British in the months prior to the outbreak of the War of 1812. Reproduced from Wikimedia Commons.

Numerous individuals who were residents of or otherwise associated with Albemarle County and Charlottesville served in the War of 1812 (June 18, 1812 - February 18, 1815) as part of the armed forces of the United States.

Dr. Frank Carr served as a field surgeon in Colonel Samuel Carr's cavalry company during this conflict.

Veterans of the War of 1812 associated with Albemarle County and Charlottesville
Capt. Achilles Broadhead	Pvt. John Bledsoe
Pvt. Arthur Whitehurst	Sgt. James M. Bowen
Pvt. Benjamin Wood	Pvt. William J. Cary
Cpl. Cary Lafayette Carter	Cpl. Nathaniel Chamberlain
Capt. David Young	Maj. Joseph Dinwiddie
Pvt. Drury Clements	Pvt. John Fretwell
Sgt. Edmond Broadus	1st Lt. James Garland
Pvt. John Simpson	Sgt. Samuel Garland
Pvt. Francis Walker Gilmer	Pvt. Willis (William) Garth
Pvt. Garland Ballard	Pvt. Charles Harper
Pvt. George Tucker	Ens. Reuben Lewis
Capt. Henry Howard	Pvt. Francis McGehee
Pvt. Henry Rogers	Pvt. H.C. Moore
Pvt. Henry Turner	ADC Hugh Nelson
Pvt. Isaiah Humphrey	Pvt. Isaac Norford
Pvt. James Abel Stout	Maj. Mann Page
Cpl. James Michie Jr.	Capt. Andrew Stevenson
Capt. John Cole	ADC William C. Rives
Pvt. John White	Sgt. Thornton Rogers
Pvt. John Wingfield	1st Lt. Thomas L. Shelton
Ens. John Winn	Pvt. Charles Stewart
Pvt. Nicholas Gianniny	Pvt. William S. Thompson
Pvt. Reuben Wood	Sgt. Elisha H. Thurman
Capt. Robert McCullouh	Pvt. John Walters
Col. Samuel Carr	Pvt. John M. Wingfield
Capt. Teackle W. Savage	Pvt. Reuben Wood
Col. Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.	Pvt. William A. Bibb
Capt. Triplett T. Ellis	Lt. Col. Nimrod Bramham
Pvt. William McCoy	Lt. John H. Craven
Pvt. William Newman	Lt. Isaac Davis
Pvt. William Richard Rhoades (Rhodes)	Pvt. John Dowell (Dewell)
Pvt. William T. Davis	Pvt. William P. Farrish
Pvt. William Tucker	Lt. Col. Thomas Mann Randolph
Pvt. William Ward	Capt. William Wirt
Pvt. William Wertenbaker	Capt. William Woods Jr.

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U.S. Representative Hugh Nelson of Albemarle County publicly spoke out against all attempts to initiate a confrontation with Great Britain in the months immediately preceding the outbreak of the War of 1812. Belonging to the "Quid" faction of the Old Republican Party that was led by John Randolph of Roanoke, Nelson was supported in his efforts by various other Virginian politicians of the time, as many Republicans strongly felt that any prolonged struggle with a foreign power would result in a gradual erosion of adherence to the tenets of the US Constitution.

Beginning in 1813, many Virginians suffered economically from a British naval blockade of the Chesapeake Bay as well as from British troops plundering the countryside by the Bay and along the James, Rappahannock, and Potomac rivers. The Virginia Militia deflected a British attempt to seize Norfolk in 1813 and combated British forces in numerous engagements throughout the course of the conflict. By the end of the war, more than 2,000 enslaved Black individuals in Virginia had gained their freedom in exchange for voluntarily serving aboard British naval vessels.