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- Original name:
- Laura Ingersoll
- Born:
- Sept. 13, 1775, Great Barrington, Mass.
- Died:
- 1868 (aged 92)
- Role In:
- War of 1812
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Laura Secord
Canadian loyalist
Also known as: Laura Ingersoll
Laura Secord (born Sept. 13, 1775, Great Barrington, Mass.—died 1868) was a Canadian loyalist in the War of 1812. She moved to Canada with her family in the 1780s. On learning of an impending U.S. attack on the British outpost of Beaver Dams (1813), she walked through U.S. lines to warn the British commander; with the advance information, the British were able to defeat the U.S. force.
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