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.
- A series of trade restrictions imposed on the U.S. by both Great Britain and France during the Napoleonic
Wars.
- 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.
- 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
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