David Burnett By contrast, the British historiography of the War of 1812 has generally consisted of short chapters squeezed between the grand sweeping narratives of the Napoleonic Wars.

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Sept. 2, 2014) -- The burning of federal buildings in the nation's capital 200 years ago this week was a psychological victory for the British, but little else ...

The War of 1812—mostly forgotten today—helped shape ... Britain shifted its forces to North America. In August 1814, a British army landed on the shores of Maryland eager to conquer the ...

(Army News Service, April 27, 2012) -- The bicentennial of the War of 1812 was launched last week ... Popular opinion at the time was that British interference on the frontier had incited the ...

Though the War of 1812 ended without a military victor, the clear losers were Native Americans. Ravaged by war, and abandoned after it by the British, tribes east of the Mississippi could no ...

Before the War of 1812 ... to warn city officials of probable attack by British invaders. Mercury’s early warning allowed New Bern’s military officials the time to muster army regulars ...

The British navy — the most powerful military force in the world ... service aboard its vessels. By June 1812, the U.S. has had enough. It declares war against Great Britain.

Most of the military campaigns of the war ... of 1812–1813 and at Baltimore during the siege of that city in September 1814. Despite the humiliating burning of Washington by the British in ...

The trail became a pathway for British forces to enter Maryland during the War of 1812. Tesla Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas: What Musk says caused the blast I've been on dozens of cruises ...

On May 16, 1813, the War of 1812 reached Maryland when the British Navy entered the Patapsco River. After burning Frenchtown’s depot, they were repelled at Elkton. Dr.