Taylor presents the war not as a second war of independence ... Immigrants, Indians, soldiers and settlers fought along the undefined northern borderland to decide the fate of the continent.

Canada would not exist had the American invasions of 1812-1814 not been defeated,” said Lyle Williams, a spokesman for Niagara-on-the-Lake War of 1812 Bicentennial Committee.

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, one of whose epic battles inspired the United States national anthem. Although war—which featured the U.S. invasion of Ontario and the ...

The War of 1812 was a defining struggle for Canada, ... More than 4000 former slaves were set free by the British during the War of 1812. Escaped slaves fought on both sides of the war.

The War of 1812 was a series of military disasters, and its greatest U.S. victory came in the Battle of New Orleans, fought on January 8, 1815, after the Treaty had been signed in Belgium.

The new navy fought the Barbary pirates and also fought the Quasi War with France prior to the War of 1812, but neither of these wars saw the level or intensity or conflict between evenly matched ...

The War of 1812 (1812 to 1815) was a second conflict with the British. The Civil War (1862 to 1865) was the only major war fought within the nation’s boundaries.

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.

A veteran’s group hopes to change that by honoring Claudius Britton II, a Revolutionary War soldier, and his son, Claudius Britton III, who fought in the War of 1812, in an Aug. 8 ceremony that ...

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, one of whose epic battles inspired the United States national anthem. Although war—which featured the U.S. invasion of Ontario and the ...