It was on January 5, 1779 that Zebulon Pike was born in Lamberton, New Jersey, the son of a New Jersey Continental Army officer. Pike was raised at a number of postwar frontier forts, became an officer himself and then a noted explorer (Pikes Peak in Colorado was named after him) At the outbreak of the War of 1812, he recruited the Fifteenth United States regiment in New Jersey. After serving as the regiment’s colonel, Pike was promoted to brigadier general in March 1813, and lost his life following the capture of York, Canada (today’s Toronto), when a powder magazine exploded as he sat atop it on April 27, 1813.
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 03:27:06 +0000
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