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.

These are familiar to most Americans, but as floating moments in time, ones they often can’t quite place in the War of 1812: The dastardly British burning of Washington. Quite a few folks think ...

Part one: "How the War of 1812 Eroded U.S. Liberalism ... as Secretary of State [James] Monroe told the British government in June 1812, that once the United States forces occupied the British ...

How did the British view the Americans during the War of 1812? How did the American's view the Native Americans during the War of 1812? What events helped the American cause during the ...

Key's inspiration was a battle during the War of 1812 ... Ironsides” when British cannonballs hit her but did little damage, defeated the British ship Guerriere in August 1812.

Not long after British assault troops stormed past the ... Virginia and its Militia in the War of 1812.” By the time a second raid rowed within three miles of the town on July 2, most of the ...

But the most storied moments in the War of 1812 -- the Battle of Baltimore and the penning of the National Anthem by Francis Scott Key, the British invasion of Washington, D.C., and the Battle of ...

It was the survival of the fort after intense bombardment from the British Navy that inspired Francis Scott Key to pen the song that come to be called the “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The War of 1812 ...

July 17 marks the bicentennial of a key date in the War of 1812, when the British captured Fort Mackinac at the onset of war. WKAR’s Scott Pohl speaks with Phil Porter about the historic date.

But the British wanted to keep its former colony tightly contained. In the balance were the lands of the Northwestern Frontier. “War of 1812 in the Old Northwest” brings to life some of the ...

The New-York World quotes the allusion of "Veteran Observer" to the Federalist miscarriage in nominating DE WITT CLINTON for the Presidency, in the war of 1812 ... to the British, and surrendered ...

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.