War of 1812

The War of 1812 is a little known and little understood war from the United States' early history. Many people know little about the war, or have never heard of it before. Those that have heard of it know it for one or more of these reasons: the bombardment of Ft. McHenry that led to the writing of the Star Spangled Banner, the burning of the White House and other buildings in Washington, DC and the Battle of New Orleans (mostly because of the popular song of that title that topped the charts in 1959).

So, what was the War of 1812 all about? While there were many reasons, it can mostly be broken down into three main causes.

1. A series of trade restrictions imposed on the U.S. by both Great Britain and France during the Napoleonic Wars.
2. Impressment (forced recruitment) of U.S. sailors by the British, who the British claimed (sometimes correctly) that were deserters from the British Navy. One such incident was the British warship HMS Leopard attacked and boarded the American frigate Chesapeake in 1807. This caused a firestorm in the U.S.
3. Indian attacks in the Northwest which were in response to the continued expansion of settlers. These attacks were supported by the British military.

Battles in the War of 1812 on the New York Frontier

6/18/1812	War declared
7/19/1812	1st battle of Sackett's Harbor, New York
7/31/1812	Ambush among the 1000 Islands
9/21/1812	Raid on Gananoque, Ontario, CA.
10/4/1812	Battle of Frenchman's Creek, Ontario, CA
2/7/1813	Raid on Elizabethtown, Ontario, CA
2/1813	Pike's March to Sackett's Harbor, New York
2/22/1813	Battle of Ogdensburgh, New York
4/27/1813	Capture of York, Ontario
5/13/1813	Attack at Port Charlotte
5/27/1813	Capture of Fort George, Ontario, CA
5/28/1813	2nd Battle of Sackett's Harbor, New York
6/6/1813	Battle of Stoney Creek, Ontario, CA
6/19/1813	Burning of Sodus Point, New York
6/24/1813	Battle at the Beaver Dam, Ontario, CA
7/11/1813	Raid on Black Rock, New York
10/5/1813	Battle of the Thames, Ontario, CA
10/25/1813	Battle of Chateaugay
11/11/1813	Battle of Chrysler's Farm, Ontario, CA
12/17/1813	British capture of Ft. Niagara, New York
12/28/1813	British ravage Niagara frontier, New York
3/4/1814	Battle of Longwoods, Ontario, CA
3/30/1814	Second Battle of Lacolle Mills, Quebec, CA
5/5/1814	Battle of Oswego
5/14/1814	Raid on Port Dover, Ontario, CA
5/28/1814	Battle of Sandy Creek, New York
7/2/1814	Invasion of Canada (Niagara), Ontario, CA
7/5/1814	Battle of Chippewa
7/25/1814	Battle of Lundy's Lane, Ontario, CA
8/4//1814	Siege of Ft. Erie, Ontario, CA
9/11/1814	Battle of Plattsburgh, New York
11/6/1814	Battle of Malcolm's Mills, Ontario, CA

Battles in the War of 1812 across the Nation

7/17/1812	Seige of Fort Mackinac, Michigan
8/5/1812	Battle of Brownstown, Michigan
8/9/1812	Battle of Maguaga, Michigan
8/15/1812	Battle of Fort Dearborn, Illinois
8/15/1812	Seige of Detroit, Michigan
9/4/1812	Seige of Fort Harrison, Indiana
9/5/1812	Seige of Fort Wayne, Indiana
11/22/1812	Battle of Wild Cat Creek, Indiana
12/17/1812	Battle of Mississinewa, Indiana
1/22/1813	Battle of Frenchtown, Michigan
4/28/1813	Seige of Fort Meigs, Ohio
8/2/1813	Battle of Fort Stephenson, Ohio
8/10/1813	Battle of St. Michaels, Maryland
7/17/1814	Battle of Prarie du Chien, Wisconsin
7/26/1814	Battle of Mackinac Island, Michigan
8/24/1814	Battle of Bladensburg, Maryland
8/29/1814	Raid on Alexandria, Virginia
9/3/1814	Battle of Hampden, Maine
9/12/1814	Battle of North Point, Maryland
9/12/1814	Attack of Ft. McHenry, Maryland
9/14/1814	First Battle of Fort Bowyer, Alabama
11/7/1814	Battle of Pensacola, Florida
12/6/1814	Skirmish at Farnham Church, Virginia
12/24/1814	Treaty of Ghent
1/8/1815	Battle of New Orleans, Louisiana
1/9/1815	Seige of Fort St. Phillip, Lousiana
1/13/1815	Battle of Fort Peter,Georgia
2/7/1815	Second Battle of Fort Bowyer, Alabama
5/24/1815	Battle of the Sink Hole, Upper Mississippi River

References

Lossing's Field Book of the War of 1812, Chapter XXVII - Events on the St Lawrence