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The British View the War of 1812 Quite Differently Than Americans Do The star-spangled war confirmed independence for the United States. But for Great Britain, it was a betrayal.
Williams said the War of 1812 was, by-in-large, a success for the U.S. Army, given the circumstances leading up to the war -- meaning a small Army (described in part one of this three-part series).
No one calls the War of 1812 America’s finest hour. But it had its moments. Resentful over treatment by the British and determined to enhance national sovereignty, Henry Clay and a small group ...
War of 1812 Sack of Hampton. “Every horror was committed with impunity, rape, murder, pillage,” wrote Lt. Col. Charles Napier, a British commander who later confessed that his own regiment had ...
During the War of 1812, hundreds of enslaved men, women and children would do anything to help secure their freedom. Even if ...
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.
The British entered the capital that night. Over the next 24 hours, every vestige of American power, including the White House and the Capitol, was burned, although most private property was ...
The War of 1812, sometimes known as America’s second war of Independence, had an impact on the foundation of Chautauqua County. The war was between the British and Native Americans on one side, and ...
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.
Rear Adm. George Cockburn already ranked as the most feared Royal Navy officer in North America when he landed with some 2,000 soldiers and marines on the north shore of Hampton Roads in the pre ...
The bicentennial of the War of 1812, fought for three years until 1815, is passing with only local commemoration in the United States, although that war resulted in thousands of American and British ...
Rear Adm. George Cockburn already ranked as the most feared Royal Navy officer in North America when he landed with some 2,000 soldiers and marines on the north shore of Hampton Roads in the pre ...