Since the end of the War of 1812 in the year 1815, the U.S. has fought many more wars (only four of them constitutionally declared, and none declared since 1942). ... Short wars are best, ...

A documentary about Michigan's key role in the War of 1812 is set to premiere next month at The Henry Ford history attraction in Dearborn. Latest U.S.

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The USS Essex, built in 1799 and commanded by Capt. David Porter Jr., was the smallest frigate in the US Navy at the beginning of the War of 1812. It was armed mainly with short-range 32-pound ...

But ignorance of the War of 1812 lightens his role as Lacroix Company leader. “I made up some of the orders today, and they weren’t carried out well,” he concedes at the end of the wintry drill.

For Britain, 1812 became the skirmish it had contained, while winning the real war against its greatest nemesis, Napoleon. You Might Also Like The 10 Things You Didn’t Know About the War of 1812 ...

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 ...

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 ...