Exhumation of 1812 war hero stirs controversy
A controversy has erupted over one of the most famous corpses from the War of 1812.
U.S. general Zebulon Pike was killed when retreating British and Canadian troops intentionally blew up a munitions depot during the American capture of York (present-day Toronto) in April 1813.
His remains were taken by ship across Lake Ontario and buried at a military cemetery in Sackets Harbor, N.Y.
But a subsequent re-burial and lingering confusion over the exact location of the general's grave has prompted Pike family descendants — including math professor David Pike from Newfoundland's Memorial University — to seek the exhumation of some bones to conduct DNA testing.
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U.S. general Zebulon Pike was killed when retreating British and Canadian troops intentionally blew up a munitions depot during the American capture of York (present-day Toronto) in April 1813.
His remains were taken by ship across Lake Ontario and buried at a military cemetery in Sackets Harbor, N.Y.
But a subsequent re-burial and lingering confusion over the exact location of the general's grave has prompted Pike family descendants — including math professor David Pike from Newfoundland's Memorial University — to seek the exhumation of some bones to conduct DNA testing.