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To the Editor of the New- York Daily Times: I was much gratified in reading the letter from your correspondent at Burlington, touching some of the incidents of the War of 1812. If every one in our ...

The U.S. Navy captain had orders to lead the Essex, a warship built in Salem, on a mission with the Constitution and the Hornet during the War of 1812. "They were supposed to sail as a squadron ...

Somerset County historians are paying tribute to residents who fought in the War of 1812 during the conflict ... Rehoboth Presbyterian Church Cemetery Dragoon Pvt. John Chapman (c.

The saying “Don’t give up the ship!” comes from the War of 1812. Those were the dying words of Captain James Lawrence of the USS Chesapeake as his ship was captured by Britain’s HMS Shannon.

201 Years Ago: On Oct. 10, 1814, Capt. Benjamin Branch of the 1st U.S. Light Artillery became sick and died at Onondaga Hill while traveling through the area with his unit during the War of 1812.

VINELAND - The Daughters of the American Revolution, Greenwich Tea Burning Chapter, welcomed a visitor from the War of 1812 to lunch, Monday afternoon at Marciano's restaurant. Capt. James ...

Two hundred years ago today, a young U.S. naval captain named Oliver Hazard Perry ... over the British changed the course of the War of 1812, and a full-scale re-enactment — the largest sailing ...

Not only did he have boarding parties ready, he had a film crew standing by to capture the moment: the moment when the U.S. Navy captured its first enemy warship at sea since the War of 1812.

With a home port in Newport, Rhode Island, the ship is named after a U.S. captain and naval hero in the War of 1812. David Dawes is the captain of the Oliver Hazard Perry and he joined WBUR's ...

The bicentennial of the War of 1812, fought for three years until 1815 ... Sixty Americans were killed including the captain whose famous final order was, “Don’t give up the ship!” A quarter dollar ...