(The Signing of the Treaty of Ghent by Amedee Fore...  ...it truncated. Although the treaty which ended the war between the United States and the United Kingdom...  ...ively. In fact, one of the largest battles of the war --the Battle of New Orleans--was fought on January...  ...as signed.Britain provoked the Un...

(Photo of fireworks over Ft. Henry by Rich Dennis...  ....This is my third post on the bicentennial of the War of 1812 --a war that some historians refer to as America’s...  ...ome historians refer to as America’s second war of...

(Painting by Julian O. Davidson)For Americans, Se...  ...e of Plattsburgh--the most decisive battle of the War of 1812 .September 11, 1814 was immediately recognized as...  ...ans as they were enduring the final months of the War of 1812...

(Photo: Miki J./National Geographic)As I've mentioned before, last Sunday marked the two hundredth anniversary of the burning of Washington by British troops.To mark the occasion, some Americans in Washington, D.C. condu...

USS New OrleansWe are now in the midst of the bic...  ...e are now in the midst of the bicentennial of the War of 1812 . I find this war fascinating and my interest has led me to write n...  ...KinUSA) August 24, 2014 One of my more popular War...

(Mural by Allyn Cox, U.S. Department of State)Two...  ...struggle against the British Empire known as the War of 1812 . For the new republic, the stakes were profoundly...  ...Clay, hoped to conquer part or all of Canada, the War of 1812...

This is a painting of HMS St. Lawrence. With 112 g...  ...S St. Lawrence. With 112 guns, it was the largest warship ever seen on the Great Lakes and the largest Roya...  ...Wellington stated that what Britain needed in the war against the United States was not a huge army, bu...  ...p from Mahan's Sea Power and...

(Photo: Dalhousie University)Dalhousie University...  ...to bring about victory over the Americans in the War of 1812 . Among them was an invasion of eastern Maine in t...  ...aritimes. 3. to punish the Americans for going to war .Meanwhile, the rest of the British offensives e...

(Photo: Squelle)The War of 1812 ended in a draw between the United States and Bri...  ...cularly in the second half of 1814. So after the war , President Madison vowed to strengthen the countr...  ...y capabilities.In both the American Revolutionary *strong class="matched-k...

(Photo: Science Museum)Two hundred years ago, the...  ...ain were locked in a savage struggle known as the War of 1812 . After Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated in 1814, Brit...  ...Congreve.Congreve had served in the Anglo-Mysore War in India and had witnessed the Mysorean forces u...