The War of 1812 was a defining struggle for Canada, ... So when the Madison-backed war resolution came up for a vote in Congress, not a single Federalist supported it.

The day after the Senate followed the House of Representatives in voting to declare war against Great Britain, President ...

On June 4, 1812, the House of Representatives voted 79 to 49 to declare war against Great Britain. In the next two weeks, the U.S. Senate debated the House's bill and on June 17, by a vote of 19 ...

If the 1812-14 war had gone otherwise, it's easy to imagine that a more southerly line would have been drawn. Benjamin Frankin and the other U.S. negotiators in 1783 weren't quite sure where Lake ...

A Black man who served in the Maryland State Militia during the War of 1812 and was long denied the military recognition most soldiers in his situation were granted has been declared a veteran of ...

Capt. A. T. Mahan of the United States Navy is preparing for publication in Scribner's Magazine for next year some articles on "The War of 1812." The series, it is said, will run through the year.

But it is all largely forgotten. This week, the War of 1812 and the region's place in that war will be commemorated when the United States and Canada send emissaries here to mark the many local ...

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, and after styling him, in its ...