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HST 315: Military History of the United States
The New Republic

 

The War of 1812

Campaigns of 1812
  • Northwest 
    • Henry Hull
  • Northeast 
    • Stephen Van Renssalaer (Queenston Heights, Oct. 1812)
    • Henry Dearborn
  • The War at Sea

 

Campaigns of 1813
  • Northwest
    • O.H. Perry (Lake Erie, Sept. 1813)
    • W.H. Harrison (Thames, Oct. 1813)
  • Northeast
    • Z. Pike (raid on York, April 1813)
    • Montreal and Lake Champlain advances fail in Nov.
  • The South
    • Ft. Mims massacre, Aug. 1813
    • Jackson (Talladega, November 1813)

 

Campaigns 1814-1815

  • Northeast

    • Lake Champlain advance fails

    • Stalemate along Niagara River (Chippewa & Lundy's Lane, July 1814)

    • British defeated at Plattsburg & Lake Champlain, Sept. 1814

  • The East

    • Coastal Raids

    • British invasion (Bladensburg; Washington; Ft. McHenry, Aug.-Sept. 1814)

  • The South

    • Jackson (Horseshoe Bend, March 1814; New Orleans, Dec. 1814-Jan. 1815)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

Oliver Hazard Perry

"We have met the enemy and they are ours."