“This is the feel-good side of the War of 1812,” says Vince Vaise, Fort McHenry’s chief interpreter. “We won the battle here, we don’t hate the British anymore, and the flag and national ...

This is part of a new series of essays entitled “Battle Studies,” which seeks, through the study of military history, to ...

A replica of the smallest boat to fight in the Battle for Lake Erie in the War of 1812 – USS Trippe – is on its way to ...

French forces in Spain were severely overstretched, as Napoleon withdrew the best troops for his invasion of Russia.

‘Don't Give Up The Ship,' leapt into one of the ship's cutters and was rowed across to the Niagra where he demanded the captain go to battle. The American Navy carried the day. The War of 1812 ...

the Americans lost battle after battle in the 1812 war to British-Canadian forces aided by them. By 1814, the American high command began to feel that they would not win the war on the Niagara ...

York Militia, but few could boast the battlefield resumé that Shepard had already built, having borne witness to some of the most pivotal events in the opening stages of the War of 1812.

Despite their strategic location on the American border, the townships of Lower Canada have been largely ignored in studies of the War of 1812 and the Rebellions of 1837-38. Originally settled by ...