MONTGOMERY -- The last battle of the War of 1812 wasn't the Battle of New Orleans, at which U.S. troops led by Andrew Jackson defeated British troops on Jan. 8, 1815.

Then again, pivotal battles weren’t literally in America’s front yard during the 20th century. He fought in the War of 1812 and the Mexican War and even tried to work as a supply driver for ...

The annual three-day event that continues through Sunday features America's largest War of 1812 battle re-enactment. The Mississinewa event -- part battle spectacle, part living history fair -- is ...

By the 1812 war they were firmly on the side of their New York brothers and sisters. ... the Americans lost battle after battle in the 1812 war to British-Canadian forces aided by them.

A Baltimore artist took the Battle of North Point from the War of 1812 and put it on canvas, figuring out how to get it in front of hundreds of school kids every day.

War of 1812 bicentennial: Battle of Craney Island. By Egon Hatfield, Research, Development and Engineering Command History Office June 6, 2013 ...

He found it in the papers of Royal Navy Capt. Robert Barrie, who served about the 74-gun HMS Dragon in the Chesapeake Bay during the War of 1812, and whose records can now be seen in the David M ...

A historical marker along Kentucky Avenue in Monroe, Mich., marks part of the River Raisin National Battlefield Park, a War of 1812 preservation site.

The War of 1812 is often overlooked in history books, but not along the shores of Lake Erie, a prime theater of operations during the conflict that some call the Second War of American Independence.

War of 1812 bicentennial: Battle of Craney Island. By Egon Hatfield, ... The British arrived in Hampton Roads June 21 with eight men-of-war, 20 frigates and numerous smaller ships.