War of 1812

This essay is a chapter in the exhibit catalogue for Bonnie Devine's exhibit "The Tecumseh Papers" , curated by Srimoyee Mitra, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario.  The essay situates Shawnee war chief Tecumseh within the Western Confederacy of Nations allied with Great Britain prior to, and during, the War of 1812.  The essay focuses on various wampum belts delivered by  the British to the member nations (formerly called tribes) of the Western Confederacy.

In all of the major military campaigns of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, including the “American War of Independence” and the Napoleonic Wars, both the Royal Navy and the Crown regiments of the British Army employed Black servicemen. The Royal Navy employed Black and Asian men as ratings on their vessels, before, during and after the Battle of Trafalgar (1805).(1) The British Army’s Black rankers served before, during and after the Battle of Waterloo (1815).(2) (Neither service seems to have made any distinction between men of African or Asian origin, simply referring to them as either “Black” or “of colour”).
Peter (Perry) Brookings, was born in Barbados c.1791-1793, and between 1810 and 1833 he served in both the Royal Navy and the 40th Foot of the British Army. (Nothing is known of his early life and throughout his military and civilian records, his forename alternated between Peter and Perry). His twenty-three years of service to the Crown included the Napoleonic War against France, the “War of “1812” against the United States (with the Royal Navy), and service in Britain, France, Ireland, Australia and India (with the 40th).

The topic of this paper addresses the mysterious and understudied origin story of The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels. When Kentucky's first governor, Isaac Shelby, began carving out the new state of Kentucky by forming and strengthening the militia. Shelby would eventually meet a young Charles Todd serving under General James Winchester who would go on to marry Shelby's daughter and, legend has it, become the first honorary Colonel that would spawn the Order of the Kentucky Colonels. This paper addresses the period from the inception of Kentucky to the War of 1812 as it is concerned with the history surrounding Governor Shelby and the young militia Officer Todd. This paper will argue that though disputed, the official history of the Kentucky Colonels is arguably correct.

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries it was common for British Army regiments to recruit Black males to serve as enlisted military musicians. The Irish regiments of the Crown also engaged in the practice, and this study will focus on the Black bandsmen of the 87th (Prince of Wales’s Irish) and 89th (Princess Victoria’s) Regiments of Foot, the antecedent regiments of the Royal Irish Fusiliers. For a more detailed exploration of Black military musicians in Ireland and Irish regiments see Ellis, JD. “The Black, the Red and the Green: Black Red-Coats and Ireland during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries.” Irish Sword 23, no.323 (2003): pp. 409-25. Also see www.academia.edu/

Fort Madison was a small United States Army post established before the War of 1812 to guard a government fur trade factory.  Its poor geographical position made it vulnerable to attack during the War of 1812, and it was abandoned by the U.S. Army in 1813.

The history of the War of 1812 has been dominated by scrutiny of the duelling frigates, squadron actions, and the British blockade of American ports. Yet, during the conflict from 1812 to 1815, sailors and marines were just as likely to be involved in maritime raiding operations and other irregular missions as they were to work the 'great guns' in ship versus ship combat. This paper reexamines operations on the Great Lakes, and particularly Lake Ontario, in order to illuminate the role of irregular operations and small unit and small craft actions. These types of operations were common throughout the age of sail, but receive little attention from scholars. In order to broaden the scope of operational naval history, and the understanding of the roles and missions of naval forces, a wider investigation of naval irregular warfare is warranted both in the War of 1812 and across naval history more generally.

The decade prior to 1820, the horizon of the formation of the State of Alabama, remains one of the most important periods in its history, and yet one of the least studied. This is primarily due to the preexisting gulf between primary documents, rare books and newspapers, and the researchers that use them, particularly local authors. The topic of Fort Hampton specifically has been touched on by several authors, though few have gone in depth on its purpose, function or the soldiers that occupied it 1. The authors of this manuscript became interested Fort Hampton and the early history of the State only after a provenanced collection of artifacts from the site was made available for study.

Elizabeth Mitchell (née Bertrand) was the Metis Laura Secord of the War of 1812. She accompanied the Metis soldiers at the capture of Fort Michilmac in 1812. She was awarded the British George III Military Service Medal in 1814.
See also the "People of the Metis Nation," "Dictionary of Metis Biography" and "Women of the Metis Nation."

Written spring 2014, this is a comparison of how the War of 1812 is remembered in the two modern-day countries in which it was fought, the United States of America and Canada, particularly while the bicentennial of the war is ongoing. This paper is a brief exploration into the public mindset of these two countries to compare and contrast the events remembered and the significance of them to citizens of each country as expressed in commemoration activities such as monuments, public programs at museums and in scholarly works. This paper describes how in both countries, the legacy of the War of 1812 is that it contributed to a growing sense of nationalism, and it is this nationalism that needs to be remembered. Copyright 2017

I chose the term “Rediscovering” to describe the Treaty of Ghent, because, like the War of 1812 that it ended, it is little known and perhaps very misunderstood.  It was time to look at this treaty from a different perspective.  Unlike many treaties that ended a war there was not a vanquished party.  The negotiators were on equal terms with everything to gain and at the same time, everything to lose.  The dynamics and forces at play in the negotiations were complex and varied and the results both pleased and perhaps surprised both parties.  A better treaty could not have been crafted based on its universal acceptance.

A large number of Metis men who were voyageurs with the North West Company (NWC), fur traders or Indian Department employees participated in the War of 1812, fighting on the Canadian/British side of the conflict. Thus the Metis saw service in the Corps of Canadian Voyageurs, Caldwell's Western Rangers, the Mississippi Volunteers and the Michigan Fencibles.

The present research is a gathering of analyzed archives from the historical period between 1786 to 1851 in order to present the Warriors from Kanehsatà: ke who took part in the 1812-14 War.

For the present research, archives from the historical period between 1786 to 1851 were analyzed in
order to get a glimpse about Warriors from Kanehsatà: ke who took part in the conflicts of 1812-14
War, considering that most historians previously associated them with Caughnawaga militias.

Of course, not only Mohawks took part in the militia associated to the British Crown against the
United States in Lower-Canada, but many other First nations such as the Algonkins of Ottawa and StMaurice,
and the Abenakis of St-François-du-Lac and Becancour were involved as voluntaries as well.

They were supervised by a hundred officers from both Canada’s who acted as agents, and interprets.
They had to wear a proper uniform in order to avoid being mistaken as American by natives fighting
on the USA side. The « Corps of Savages» as it was depicted, was created in these matters by the
Superintendent and inspector general Sir John Johnson and the Superintendant, Louis de Salaberry.

Several Indian Warriors sub-units were created such as: the Iroquois of Caughnawaga, the Iroquois of
St-Regis, the Nipissing and Algonkins of Two-Mountains Lake, the Abenakis of St-François. Those, from
Lower-Canada took part in: Queenston, October 13 1812, Odeltown, August 19 1812, Chateauguay,
October 26 1813 and Beaver Dams, June 24 1813.

The North American Indians and British soldiers who fought on the British side during the French
Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1793-1815), had to wait until 1848 before they finally received
campaign medals. So, to recognize the essential participation of Native in defence of Canada during
the 1812 war, the Canadian government gave commemoratives banners and medals to 48 Canadian
communities Natives and Métis, which will be the main subject considered in this detailed study, from
Eric Pouliot-Thisdale of Kanehsatà: ke First Nation, which was funded by the Mohawk Language
Custodians Association, of the community.

On This Day in the History of American Independence 1754 to 1812, the thirteen American colonies under the British Empire declared independence and twice beat the mightiest military power in the world. This book is the story of the American Revolution told from significant dates and events that changed history. The story of the American Revolution starts with the French-Indian War in 1754, adopting the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and ending with the War of 1812 in 1815. Americans gained their independence from Britain and became the first modern democracy in the world. Also, revolutionary is this new nation's Founding Fathers created a Constitution and Bill of Rights that granted minorities such as the small Jewish community the rights, freedom, and equality that eluded them throughout history.

Подг. к публ. В. В. Алексеева, М. А. Смирнова.

В публикацию В.В. Алексеевой и М.А. Смирновой включены воспоминания баварского офицера Карла Манлиха о походе в Россию в 1812 г., хранящиеся в Отделе рукописей Российской национальной библиотеки.

Дмитрий Николаевич Свербеев, дворянин, отставной дипломат, радушный хозяин московского салона, известен прежде всего своими мемуарами, созданными в последние годы жизни. В них ярко и подробно описывает он события XIX в. и своих многочисленных современников, живших в это время, сопровождая воспоминания экскурсами в историю XVIII столетия. Мемуарист особое значение придает характеристике людей своей эпохи, и потому перед читателем предстает галерея прекрасно выполненных словесных портретов современников: семейства Обресковых, Кикиных, Языковых, Норовых, Голохвастовых, И.Каподистрия, Ф.Ц.Лагарпа, А.И.Герцена, В.Ф.Одоевского, Н.И.Тургенева, А.С.Шишкова и мн. др. Мемуары дополнены материалами из личного архива Свербеевых.

Born in ca. 1803, Milly Francis was the daughter of the noted Creek prophet Josiah Francis (Hillis Hadjo). She survived the Creek War of 1813-1814, the flight of the Red Stick Creeks from Alabama to Florida, the War of 1812, the First Seminole War of 1817-1818 and eventually the Creek or Muscogee Trail of Tears. During the Spring of 1818, Milly Francis saved the life of a young Georgia militiaman named Duncan McRimmon. This selfless act took place shortly before the hanging of her father by order of Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson and sparked the beginning of a national reconsideration of attitudes regarding Native American humanity and character.

Аннотация. Статья посвящена изучению влияния англо-американской войны 1812 г. на социально-политические процессы в Канаде. Основное внимание уделяется прежде малоизученным аспектам конфликта, связанным с его восприятием общественно-политическими элитами и широкими слоями населения, воздействием на межэтнические отношения в Британской Северной Америке, ролью в становлении политической системы колонии. На основе архивных материалов в работе предпринята попытка по-новому взглянуть на ряд устоявшихся историографических концепций.
Abstract. The article studies the influence of the Anglo-American war of 1812 on the socio-political processes in Canada. Main attention is paid to the little-studied aspects of the conflict: its perception by the elites and population, the impact of war on ethnic relations in British North America, the role of the conflict in the development of the political system of the colony. On the basis of archival materials author tried to take a fresh look at a some historiographical concepts.

This volume interprets the history of the military confrontation between the United States and an alliance of Creek, Seminole and Black Seminole warriors that developed along the border dividing Spanish Florida from Alabama and Georgia in 1816-1821. It examines a wealth of new source material to expand upon the flight of the Red Stick Creeks to Florida at the end of the Creek War of 1813-1814, the arrival and activities of the British in the region during the closing days of the War of 1812, the destruction of the Fort at Prospect Bluff (also called the "Negro Fort") and the First Seminole War of 1817-1818.

Video presentation of Historical and archaeological investigations of 33Wo50 excavated in 1977 revealed the archaeological remains of the Amos Spafford Farm-House (1810-1812) at Port Miami, Michigan Territory. The house was plundered, burnt, and destroyed on August 21, 1812 by a party of British and Indians from Fort Malden, Canada. During this raid Shawnee chief Tecumseh led the Indians, while British Captain Peter Latouche Chambers, 41st Regiment of Foot led the British contingent.

The participation of the Sauk and Fox (Mesquakie) Indians in the War of 1812 became a politicizing agent that resulted in an anti-American tribal faction that eventually came under the leadership of the Sauk war leader Black Hawk.  The Black Hawk War of 1832 was, in part, the product of ideological forces unleashed during the War of 1812.

Національний музей історії України — скарбниця історичних
пам'яток народу. Тематичний збірник наукових праць / редкол.: Н.Г. Ковтанюк (відповідальний науковий редактор) та ін. — К .: Національний музей історії України, 2007. — 180 с.

Основу збірника склали статті наукових працівників Національного музею історії України з питань історії, етнографії, археології, мистецтвознавства. У наукових працях тематичного збірника розглянуто актуальні питання з історії України, музейних збірок, окремих цікавих експонатів музею.
Видання розраховане на музейних працівників, істориків, викладачів, студентів, а також спеціалістів, що займаються вивченням історії, теорії і практики музейної справи.

Автор визначає дидактичні засади використння умовно-графчної наочності на прикладі вивчення російсько-французької війни 1812 року

The author defines didactic principles using conditional graphic presentation on studying the example of the Russian-French War of 1812