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and The War of 1812 in Person is one of them. A very good book for anyone interested in this most neglected war or in the experience of the American soldier.

Lee’s army,” says Daniel Downing ... “The Civil War is the American Iliad. The War of 1812 is a 19th-century version of Korea.” But he hopes the war’s 200th anniversary will finally ...

For decades, the Canadian Regiment of Fencible Infantry has crossed the border to work with American re-enactors to ...

There have been only three American wars in which the major field of combat was on United States soil: the Revolution, the War of 1812 ... in no small part because military tactics had not ...

One by one, the buildings at the heart of the American government went ... Donald Hickey, author of The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict, says, “The Army was understaffed, untrained, poorly ...

1812: War and the Passions of Patriotism takes an interesting look at American society and the "Second War for ... there are some errors in military terminology, which do not affect the value of 1812: ...

Hermann has an extensive background in Western European and American military history ... national preeminence in The Civil War, American Revolution, War of 1812, Mexican War, and Colonial ...