On this day in history, August 19, 1812, the USS Constitution earned its memorable Old Ironsides nickname after routing warship HMS Guerriere of the mighty Royal Navy.

However, as Kevin McCranie demonstrates in his new book, "Utmost Gallantry: The U.S. and Royal Navies in the War of 1812" (Naval Institute Press), the tiny USN was a talented, courageous, well-led ...

1812: THE NAVY’S WAR By George C. Daughan Basic Books, $32.50, 417 pages, illustrated With the bicentennial of the War of 1812 soon upon us, a plethora of books on the subject are in the market ...

Breaking news from the War of 1812: The family and I spent the holidays in Maryland, ... Constitution earned fame from vanquishing four Royal Navy warships, most famously the frigate HMS Guerriere.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The U.S. Navy is kicking off its commemoration of the War of 1812 in New Orleans, where American forces beat back a British invasion in the conflict's last major battle. The ...

Rochester, NY: Boydell Press, 2011. Pp. xxiv, 328. Illus., maps, tables, notes, biblio, index. $99.00. ISBN: 1843836653 Despite the rather over-the-top title, as the sub-title explains, How Britain ...

Oliver Hazard Perry, the U.S naval officer who won a decisive victory against the Royal Navy on Lake Erie during the War of 1812—“We have met the enemy and they are ours,” he declared ...

The U.S. Naval Academy Museum holds a public viewing on Saturday, April 7, 2018 in Annapolis, Md., of the British Royal Standard that flew over York (present-day Toronto), Canada, and was captured ...

Upstart nation declares war on former colonial master, nearly gets blown off the map but rallies to squeak out a moral victory: Why does the War of 1812 get so little notice or respect?

Economic sanctions and (backfiring) embargoes aggravated U.S.-British relations. Britain's apparent lack of respect for U.S. sovereignty angered Americans. The forced "impressment" of U.S. sailors ...

However, as Kevin McCranie demonstrates in his new book, "Utmost Gallantry: The U.S. and Royal Navies in the War of 1812" (Naval Institute Press), the tiny USN was a talented, courageous, well-led ...

Last month (June 18) marked the 200th anniversary of the start of the War of 1812. In this “second round” of the Revolutionary War, a weak, aggrieved yet ornery United States confronted… ...