“Slaves and free Blacks served as soldiers during a crisis,” said historian Gene Allen Smith, author of “The Slaves’ Gamble: Choosing Sides in the War of 1812.” “But once the trouble passed, both ...

"The Hopeful" is set following the War of 1812. True stories of Americans including William Miller and Ellen Harmon play out ...

This cemetery holds the bodies of Nathanial Thayer and 200 more American and British soldiers that died between ... by the British during the War of 1812 and returned to the Buffalo Historical ...

As I wandered through the historic Fort Morgan, each step resonated through the empty tunnels, echoing against walls steeped ...

This two-volume study of the Anglo-American war of 1812 was first published in 1905. Mahan examines the causes of the conflict, arguing that its roots went back to the seventeenth century. Although ...

The number of soldiers who died during the Civil War was equal to—perhaps even greater than—the total U.S. deaths in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Spanish ...

Wikimedia Commons Now that the Ukrainian military aid bill has been passed we have an opportunity to assess the developing ...

ISBN: 0806190825 The Empire State at War New York’s War of 1812 does much to expose the key role of the ... Four thousand one hundred New Yorkers volunteered to serve in the U.S. military during the ...

Reenactors will establish period camps and demonstrate what life was like for common soldiers during the War of 1812. Throughout the day, troops will perform musket demonstrations, volley firing ...

As Eustace is primarily a social and cultural historian, there are some errors in military terminology, which do not affect the value of 1812: War and the Passions of Patriotism as a look at America ...

Musket-toting re-enactors in period uniform will gather next month to recreate the Battle of Longwoods and offer visitors a ...

During the War of 1812, British forces sailed to Baltimore ... Following the Battle of Baltimore, Fort McHenry remained an active military site for more than 100 years. During the Civil War, the fort ...