Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Contents.
About the Editors.
Editorial Advisory Board Members.
ABC-CLIO Military History Advisory Board Members.
List of Entries.
List of Maps.
Preface.
General Maps.
Introduction.
Overview of the War of 1812.
1: Adair, John.
2: Adams, John Quincy.
3: Admiralty, High Court of.
4: Admiralty Board.
5: African Americans.
6: Akwesasne and French Mills, Skirmishes at.
7: Alabama.
8: Alexandria, Virginia, British Capture of.
9: Algerine War.
10: Allan, William.
11: Allen, William Henry.
12: Allen, William Howard.
13: Alston, Joseph.
14: Amelia Island.
15: American Fur Company.
16: Ancaster Assize.
17: Antiwar Sentiment, U.S..
18: Apalachicola River.
19: Appling, Daniel.
20: Armistead, George.
21: Armistice Agreement.
22: Armstrong, John, Jr..
23: Armstrong, Robert.
24: Art.
25: Artillery, Land.
26: Artillery, Sea.
27: Artillery Ammunition, Land.
28: Artillery Ammunition, Sea.
29: Artillery Practice, Land.
30: Artillery Tactics, Land.
31: Aspinwall, Thomas.
32: Astor, John Jacob.
33: Autosse, Battle of.
34: Bacon, Ezekiel.
35: Bainbridge, William.
36: Baker, Louisa.
37: Baldwin, William.
38: Baltimore, Battle of.
39: Baltimore Riots.
40: Banking in Canada and Great Britain.
41: Banking in the United States.
42: Baratarian Pirates.
43: Barbour, James.
44: Barclay, Robert Heriot.
45: Barclay, Thomas.
46: Baring, Alexander, First Lord Ashburton.
47: Barker, Jacob.
48: Barlow, Joel.
49: Barney, Joshua.
50: Barrie, Robert.
51: Barron, James.
52: Basden, James Lewis.
53: Bathurst, Henry, Third Earl Bathurst.
54: Bayard, James Asheton.
55: Baynes, Edward.
56: Bayonet.
57: Beanes, William.
58: Beasley, Daniel.
59: Beaumont, William.
60: Beaver Dams, Battle of.
61: Belligerent Rights at Sea.
62: Belvidera, HMS, Capture of USS Vixen.
63: Benton, Thomas Hart.
64: Berkeley, George Cranfield.
65: Bermuda.
66: Bibb, William Wyatt.
67: Biddle, James.
68: Biddle, Nicholas.
69: Biddle, Thomas.
70: Bigelow, Abijah.
71: Big Warrior.
72: Bisshopp, Cecil.
73: Black Hawk.
74: Black Hoof.
75: Black Rock, New York.
76: Black Swamp.
77: Bladensburg, Battle of.
78: Blakeley, Johnston.
79: Block Island.
80: Bloomfield, Joseph.
81: Blount, Willie.
82: Blue-Light Affair.
83: Blue-Light Federalists.
84: Boerstler, Charles G..
85: Bomb Vessel.
86: Boyd, John Parker.
87: Boyle, Thomas.
88: Brady, Hugh.
89: Brig.
90: Brigantine.
91: British North America.
92: Brock, Sir Isaac.
93: Broke, Sir Philip Bowes Vere, First Baronet.
94: Brooke, Sir Arthur.
95: Brooke, George Mercer.
96: Brown, Jacob Jennings.
97: Brown, Noah.
98: Brownstown, Battle of.
99: Bruyeres, Ralph Henry.
100: Buffalo and Black Rock, New York, Destruction of.
101: Bulger, Andrew H..
102: Burbeck, Henry.
103: Burlington, Canada.
104: Burlington, Vermont.
105: Burlington Beach, Engagement at.
106: Burlington Races, Battle of.
107: Burns, Otway.
108: Burnt Corn Creek, Battle of.
109: Burrows, William.
110: Butler, William Orlando.
111: Cabot, George.
112: Cadet Gray.
113: Cadore Letter.
114: Calabee, Battle of.
115: Caldwell, William.
116: Caledonia and Detroit, HMS, Capture of.
117: Calhoun, John Caldwell.
118: Campbell, George Washington.
119: Campbell, John B..
120: Campbell’s Island, Battle of.
121: Camp Blount.
122: Canada, American Immigrants to.
123: Canada, Enemy Aliens in.
124: Canada and the Causation of the War of 1812.
125: Canada and the Prosecution of the War of 1812.
126: Canard River Skirmish.
127: Canning, George.
128: Cannon Founding.
129: Carden, John Surman.
130: Carmick, Daniel.
131: Carroll, William.
132: Carronade.
133: Cass, Lewis.
134: Castine, Maine.
135: Casualties.
136: Caulk’s Field, Battle of.
137: Causes of the War of 1812.
138: Cavalry and Light Dragoons.
139: Chads, Henry Ducie.
140: Chandler, John.
141: Chapin, Cyrenius.
142: Châteauguay, Battle of.
143: Chauncey, Isaac.
144: Chausser.
145: Cherokees.
146: Chesapeake Bay Campaign, First.
147: Chesapeake Bay Campaign, Second.
148: Chesapeake-Leopard Affair.
149: Cheves, Langdon.
150: Chickasaws.
151: Chippawa, Battle of.
152: Chittenden, Martin.
153: Choctaws.
154: Claghorn, George.
155: Claiborne, Ferdinand Leigh.
156: Claiborne, William Charles Cole.
157: Clark, William.
158: Claus, William.
159: Clay, Green.
160: Clay, Henry.
161: Clinton, DeWitt.
162: Clinton, George.
163: Clintonians.
164: Cobbett, William.
165: Cochrane, Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis.
166: Cockburn, Sir George.
167: Cocke, John Hartwell.
168: Codrington, Edward.
169: Coffee, John.
170: Colonial Marines.
171: Colpoys, Sir Edward Griffith.
172: Columbiad.
173: Combs, Leslie.
174: Commissariat.
175: Congress, U.S..
176: Congreve Rocket.
177: Conjocta Creek, Battle of.
178: Connecticut.
179: Conner, David.
180: Conscription.
181: Constitution, USS.
182: Constitution, USS, Chase of by HMS Shannon and Squadron.
183: Constitution, USS, vs. HMS Cyane and Levant.
184: Constitution, USS, vs. HMS Guerriere.
185: Constitution, USS, vs. HMS Java.
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1: Lacock, Abner.
2: Lacolle Mill, First Battle of.
3: Lacolle Mill, Second Battle of.
4: Lafitte, Jean.
5: Lafitte, Pierre.
6: Lake Borgne, Battle of.
7: Lake Champlain, Battle of.
8: Lake Erie, Battle of.
9: Lake Erie Campaign.
10: Lake Michigan.
11: Lake Ontario Campaigns.
12: Lambert, Henry.
13: Lambert, Sir John.
14: Lawrence, James.
15: Lawrence, William.
16: Leander, HMS, and Squadron vs. USS Levant.
17: Leander, HMS, Capture of USS Rattlesnake.
18: Leavenworth, Henry.
19: Lee, Henry.
20: Legacy of the War of 1812.
21: L’Enfant, Pierre Charles.
22: Letters of Marque and Reprisal.
23: Levy, Uriah Philips.
24: Lewis, Morgan.
25: Lewis, William.
26: Lewiston, New York, Destruction of.
27: Licensed Trade.
28: Literature.
29: Little Prince.
30: Little Turtle.
31: Little Turtle’s War.
32: Live Oaking.
33: Livingston, Edward.
34: Lockyer, Nicholas.
35: Logan, James.
36: Logistics, Great Britain.
37: Logistics, United States.
38: Longwoods, Battle of.
39: Loring, Robert Roberts.
40: Louisiana.
41: Louisiana Purchase.
42: Lovell, Joseph.
43: Lowell, Francis Cabot.
44: Lowell System.
45: Lower Canada.
46: Lowndes, William.
47: Loyal and Patriotic Society of Upper Canada.
48: Lundy’s Lane, Battle of.
49: Lyon, Matthew.
50: MacDonnell, George Richard John.
51: Macdonough, Thomas.
52: Machias, Maine.
53: Mackinac Island.
54: Macomb, Alexander.
55: Macon, Nathaniel.
56: Macon’s Bill No. 2.
57: Madison, Dolley.
58: Madison, James.
59: Maine, British Occupation of.
60: Maine, District of.
61: Main Poc.
62: Majestic, HMS, and Squadron vs. USS President.
63: Marblehead Peninsula, Battle of.
64: Markle, Abraham.
65: Martial Law.
66: Maryland.
67: Mason, Jeremiah.
68: Massachusetts.
69: Mathews, George.
70: McArthur, Duncan.
71: McArthur’s Raid.
72: McClure, George.
73: McDouall, Robert.
74: McIntosh, William.
75: McKay, William.
76: McNeil, John.
77: McQueen, Peter.
78: McRee, William.
79: Medicine, Military.
80: Medina, Battle of.
81: Medway, HMS, Capture of USS Siren.
82: Meigs, Return Jonathan, Jr..
83: Merritt, William Hamilton.
84: Miamis.
85: Michigan Territory.
86: Military Engineering and Architecture.
87: Militia, U.S..
88: Militia and Volunteers, Canadian.
89: Militia Controversy, New England.
90: Miller, James.
91: Miller, John.
92: Mines, Naval.
93: Mississinewa, Battle of.
94: Mississippi River.
95: Mississippi Territory.
96: Missouri Territory.
97: Mitchell, David Brydie.
98: Mitchell, George Edward.
99: Mobile, Battles of.
100: Monguagon, Battle of.
101: Monroe, James.
102: Monroe Doctrine.
103: Monroe-Pinkney Treaty.
104: Montreal.
105: Morris, Charles.
106: Morris, Gouverneur.
107: Morrison, Joseph Wanton.
108: Mortars.
109: Mulcaster, William Howe.
110: Music.
111: Muskets, Great Britain.
112: Muskets, United States.
113: Nancy, HMS, Destruction of.
114: Nantucket.
115: Napier, Sir Charles.
116: Napier, Henry Edward.
117: Napoleon I.
118: Napoleonic Wars.
119: Narcissus, HMS, vs. USS Viper.
120: National Anthem, U.S..
121: National Intelligencer.
122: Native American Policy, British.
123: Native American Policy, U.S..
124: Native Americans.
125: Native American Warfare.
126: Native American Weaponry.
127: Naval Blockade, British.
128: Naval Construction on the Great Lakes.
129: Naval Gunnery Practice.
130: Naval Strategy, Great Britain.
131: Naval Strategy, United States.
132: Naval Weapons, Boarding.
133: New Brunswick Maritime Province.
134: New England.
135: Newfoundland.
136: New Hampshire.
137: New Jersey.
138: New London, Connecticut.
139: New Orleans, Battle of.
140: New Orleans and Chippewa, USS.
141: New York City.
142: New York State.
143: Niagara Campaigns.
144: Niagara Frontier, Destruction of.
145: Niagara River.
146: Nicolls, Edward.
147: Niles’ Weekly Register.
148: Non-Importation Acts of 1806 and 1811.
149: Non-Intercourse Act.
150: Norfolk, Virginia.
151: North Carolina.
152: North Point, Battle of.
153: North West Company.
154: Northwest Ordinances of 1785 and 1787.
155: Norton, John.
156: Nova Scotia.
157: Ogden, Aaron.
158: Ogdensburg, Battle of.
159: Ohio.
160: Ohio River.
161: Old Northwest Territory.
162: Old Republicans.
163: Orders in Council.
164: Orpheus and Shelburne, HMS, vs. USS Frolic.
165: Oswego, Battle of.
166: Otis, Harrison Gray.
167: Pakenham, Sir Edward Michael.
168: Parish, David.
169: Parker, Sir Peter, Second Baronet.
170: Parker, Thomas Alexander.
171: Parliament, Great Britain.
172: Parsons, Usher.
173: Partridge, Alden.
174: Patriot War.
175: Patterson, Daniel Todd.
176: Patuxent River Campaign.
177: Peacock, USS, vs. HMS Epervier.
178: Peacock, USS, vs. HMS Nautilus.
179: Pearson, Sir Thomas.
180: Pelican, HMS, vs. USS Argus.
181: Pennington, William Sanford.
182: Pennsylvania.
183: Penobscot River Expedition.
184: Pensacola, Battle of.
185: Pensacola, West Florida.
186: Peoria, Illinois.
187: Perceval, Spencer.
188: Perry, Oliver Hazard.
189: Peter, George.
190: Phoebe and Cherub, HMS, vs. USS Essex.
191: Pickering, Timothy.
192: Pigeon Roost Massacre.
193: Pike.
194: Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, Jr..
195: Pinckney, Thomas.
196: Pinkney, William.
197: Pistols.
Half Title.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
List of Documents.
1: Documents.
2: Thomas Jefferson, Letter to James Madison on the “Need for a Little Rebellion Now and Then,” January 30, 1787.
3: An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States Northwest of the River Ohio, July 13, 1787.
4: Fugitive Slave Act, February 12, 1793.
5: George Washington, Proclamation of Neutrality, April 22, 1793.
6: Jay Treaty, November 19, 1794.
7: George Washington, Farewell Address, September 17, 1796 [Excerpt].
8: Alien and Sedition Acts, June–July 1798 [Excerpt].
9: Louisiana Purchase Treaty, April 30, 1803.
10: John Kelsall, Essex Decision: Sentence of British Vice-Admiralty Court, May 1805.
11: Napoleon I, Berlin Decree, November 21, 1806.
12: British Orders in Council, January 7 and November 11, 1807 [Excerpt].
13: Sir George Berkeley, British Order to Search for Deserters on the Chesapeake, June 1, 1807.
14: Thomas Jefferson, Message to Congress on the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, 1807 [Excerpt].
15: Napoleon I, Milan Decree, December 17, 1807.
16: Embargo Act, December 22, 1807 [Excerpt].
17: Robert Smith, U.S. Secretary of the Navy’s Letter of Instruction to Enforce the Embargo, May 2, 1808.
18: William Cullen Bryant, The Embargo, a Poem, 1808.
19: Non-Intercourse Act, March 1, 1809 [Excerpt].
20: Napoleon I, Rambouillet Decree, March 23, 1810.
21: Nathaniel Macon, Macon’s Bill No. 2, May 1, 1810 [Excerpt].
22: James Madison, State of the Union Address, November 5, 1811.
23: Isaac Naylor, Account by an American Participant in the Battle of Tippecanoe, 1811.
24: Chief Shabonee, Account by an Indian Participant in the Battle of Tippecanoe, 1811.
25: Felix Grundy, Speech Demanding War against Great Britain, 1811 [Excerpt].
26: John Rodgers, Letter on the President–Little Belt Incident, 1811.
27: Tecumseh, Speech to the Osages, 1811.
28: Andrew Jackson, Call for Volunteers, March 7, 1812.
29: Henry Clay, Letter in Support of the War of 1812, April 14, 1812.
30: James Madison, War Message, June 1, 1812 [Excerpt].
31: Act to Prohibit American Vessels from Proceeding to or Trading with the Enemies, July 6, 1812.
32: Declaration of War, June 18, 1812.
33: John Rodgers, Letter Outlining U.S. Naval Strategy during the War of 1812, June 3, 1812.
34: Stephen Decatur, Letter Outlining U.S. Naval Strategy during the War of 1812, June 8, 1812.
35: Robert Fulton, Letter on the Use of Torpedoes, June 22, 1812.
36: Gouverneur Morris, Letter Predicting the Effects of War, June 30, 1812.
37: Paul Hamilton, U.S. Secretary of the Navy’s Letter Reprimanding Captain David Porter, June 30, 1812.
38: William Coleman, New York Evening Post Editorial Arguing against the War of 1812, April 21, 1812 [Excerpt].
39: Federalist Protest to the War of 1812, 1812 [Excerpt].
40: An Act for the Safe Keeping and Accommodation of Prisoners of War, July 6, 1812.
41: William Bainbridge, Letter Describing the Return of Seamen Taken from the Chesapeake, July 11, 1812.
42: William Hull, Proclamation to Inhabitants of Canada, July 12, 1812.
43: Isaac Brock, Canadian Proclamation on the U.S. Declaration of War, July 22, 1812.
44: Isaac Brock, Address to the Canadian Legislature on the Suspension of Civil Rights During Wartime, July 29, 1812.
45: Daniel Webster, the Rockingham Memorial, August 5, 1812.
46: William Hull, General Orders for the Surrender of Detroit, August 16, 1812.
47: Isaac Brock, Official Dispatch No. 7, Giving a Canadian Opinion of Tecumseh, August 29, 1812 [Excerpt].
48: Jane Stinger, Letter Requesting her Husband’s Discharge from the U.S. Navy, August 31, 1812.
49: George Washington Parke Custis, An Address Occasioned by the Death of General Lingan; who was Murdered by the Mob at Baltimore, September 1, 1812.
50: James R. Dacres, Letter Describing the Capture of the Guerriere by the Constitution, September 7, 1812.
51: James Lynch, Letter to the U.S. Secretary of the Navy Offering to Sell Iron, September 25, 1812.
52: Stephen Van Rensselaer, Excerpts from the Official U.S. Report and Letter About the Action at Queenston, October 14 and 20, 1812.
53: Three Condolence Letters on the Death of General Isaac Brock at Queenston, October 16 and November 12, 1812.
54: Nathan Heald, Report on the Fort Dearborn Massacre, October 23, 1812 [Excerpt].
55: The Reverend John Black, “Ode to the Sons of Britain and America,” November 1, 1812.
56: John Lowell, Antiwar Pamphlets: Mr. Madison’s War and Perpetual War, 1812 [Excerpts].
57: An Act to Encourage the Destruction of the Armed Vessels of War of the Enemy, March 3, 1813.
58: Three Letters Reporting Civilian Actions Against British Ships, June and July 1813.
59: Mutineers’ Declaration to the Captain of an American Privateer, March 18, 1813.
60: Address of the Six Nations to the President of the United States, September 28, 1812, and the President’s Response, April 8, 1813; Red Jacket’s Speech at a Council in Buffalo, October 21, 1813.
61: Statement of the Magistrates of York Regarding Maintenance of Order after Its Capture by U.S. Forces, April 1813.
62: John Johnston, a British Midshipman’s Letters to his Mother, April 28 and June 23, 1813.
63: Two Canadian Indictments for Sedition, May and June 1813.
64: Philip Broke, Personal Challenge Letter Leading to the Naval Battle of the Shannon versus the Chesapeake, Late May or Early June 1813.
65: Two Letters to the Governor of Virginia about Quakers and Military Service, March 21, 1813, and May 18, 1814.
66: Benjamin Bates, Memorial and Petition of the Religious Society of Friends Asking for Relief from Militia Law, May 31, 1813.
67: Laura Secord, Narrative of a Canadian Heroine’s Exploits of June 1813, First Published 1853.
68: Margaret Bayard Smith, a Letter on the Fear of a Slave Revolt, July 20, 1813 [Excerpt].
69: Canadian Letter in Cipher about the Effect of Imprisonment on the American will to Fight, July 20, 1813.
70: Lord Henry Bathurst, Two Letters about Threats to Execute Prisoners of War, August 12, 1813, and March 5, 1814.
71: Depositions of Two American Deserters, September 3, 1813.
72: Oliver H. Perry, Two Reports of U.S. Victories on Lake Erie, September 10 and 13, 1813.
73: Robert H. Barclay, British Report of the Battle on Lake Erie, September 12, 1813 [Excerpt].
74: Davy Crockett, Serving with General Jackson [Excerpt].
75: Entry from a British Officer’s Journal Describing the Battle of the Thames, October 3–5, 1813.
76: Robert Breckenridge McAfee, Account of the Thames Campaign by a U.S. Participant, 1816 [Excerpt].
77: Martin Chittenden, Proclamation on the Role of the Vermont Militia in the War of 1812, November 10, 1813.
78: John W. Croker, Letter on British Naval Disposition During the War of 1812, March 20, 1813 [Excerpt].
79: Edward Cutbush, Letter on the Situation of Naval Surgeons, February 13, 1813.
80: William Jones, U.S. Secretary of the Navy’s Orders Regarding the Secret Mission of the John Adams, April 16, 1813.
81: Tecumseh, Speech to Henry Proctor at Amherstburg during War of 1812, September 18, 1813.
82: William Jones, U.S. Secretary of the Navy’s General Order on Curtailing Smuggling, July 29, 1813.
83: William Wordsworth, “November, 1813”.
84: James Gallatin, Diary Entries on the Peace Negotiations, 1813–1814 [Excerpts].
85: William Dunlop, British Account of Americans Selling to the Enemy, 1847 [Excerpt].
86: Winfield Scott, American Account of the Battle of Lundy’s Lane, 1864 [Excerpt].
87: John Le Couteur, British Account of the Battle of Lundy’s Lane, July 1814 [Excerpt].
88: Fort Jackson Treaty, August 9, 1814.
89: George Robert Gleig, A British Account of the Action at Bladensburg, 1826 [Excerpt].
90: James and Dolley Madison, Two Letters Describing the Evacuation of Washington, D.C., August 23, 1814.
91: Margaret Bayard Smith, Letter Describing the Evacuation of Washington, D.C., August 1814 [Excerpt].
92: Francis Scott Key, “Star-Spangled Banner,” September 13–14, 1814.
93: A Letter from Hannah Jenoway, a British Soldier’s Wife in Canada, September 14, 1814.
94: Letters Between Lieutenant General Sir John Sherbrooke and Secretary of State for War Lord Henry Bathurst Regarding New England’s Secret Overtures to the British, November–December 1814.
95: Hartford Convention, Resolutions, 1815.
96: John Quincy Adams, Speech Attacking the Hartford Convention, 1815 [Excerpt].
97: Edward Nicholls, British Proclamation to Americans in Louisiana, August 29, 1814.
98: James Monroe, the Secretary of State’s Orders to Andrew Jackson Regarding Defense of the Gulf Coast, September 27, 1814.
99: Jean Lafitte, Three Letters Regarding the Loyalties of the Baratarian Pirates, September 4, 1814.
100: Andrew Jackson, Anti-British Proclamations to Louisianians, September 21, 1814.
101: Arsene Latour, Situation in Louisiana Before the Battle of New Orleans, 1816 [Excerpt].
102: Andrew Jackson, Address Rebuking U.S. Troops on the Right Bank of the Mississippi River, January 8, 1815.
103: Andrew Jackson, Letter to British Admiral Alexander Cochrane About the Return of Slaves to Their Owners, February 20, 1815 [Excerpt].
104: James Madison, Presidential Proclamation Granting Pardon of Baratarians, February 6, 1815.
105: Treaty of Ghent, December 24, 1814.
106: Andrew Jackson and John Lambert, Correspondence Between the U.S. and British Commanders after the Battle of New Orleans, January and March 1815.
107: Joseph Valpey Jr., Journal Excerpts and Poems Describing His Capture at Sea and Imprisonment, 1813–1815.
108: An Act Fixing the Military Peace Establishment of the United States, March 3, 1815.
109: Barbary Treaty, June 30, 1815.
110: Andrew Jackson, Farewell Address to the Army, 1815.
111: Adams-Onís Treaty, February 22, 1819.
112: George Robert Gleig, Remarks on How Britain Lost the War, 1826 [Excerpt].
113: Shadrach Byfield, the Postwar Life of a Wounded British Private, 1828 [Excerpt].
114: Oliver Wendell Holmes, “Old Ironsides,” September 16, 1830.
Medals, Decorations, and Military Honors.
Military Ranks.
Glossary.
Chronology.
Bibliography.
List of Editors and Contributors.
Categorical Index.
Index.
