William Hull
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William Hull was a United States army officer and politician. A veteran of the American Revolutionary War, he later served as governor of the Michigan Territory, where he negotiated land cessions with
Portrait by Gilbert Stuart, 1823
Brigadier General / Governor William Hull. portrait circa. 1800
William Hull personally surrendering Fort Detroit to Isaac Brock.
Siege of Detroit
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The siege of Detroit, also known as the surrender of Detroit or the Battle of Fort Detroit, was an early engagement in the War of 1812. A British force under Major General Isaac Brock in cooperation w
William Hull
…as the general in the first months of the War of 1812 (1812–1815) who surrendered Fort Detroit to the British Army on August 16, 1812, ending the siege of Detroit. Following the siege, he was paroled by the British and returned east, but court-martialed, convicted, and sentenced to death in a military court trial…
Major General Isaac Brock met with Tecumseh in Amherstburg, Ontario and quickly established a rapport, ensuring that the Shawnee chief would cooperate with his plans.
The Francois Bâby house, in the grounds of which the British set up their battery to fire on the American fort