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POLITICAL
ISSUES
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The American Debate on Neutrality (1807-1809)
Debate on Entry into the War (1812)
The New England Threat of Secession (1813)
Newspaper Editorials on Peace (1815)
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NAVAL
ACTIONS
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INDIVIDUAL SHIP ACTIONS:
Captain Isaac Hull (USN) on the Capture of HMS GUERRIERE (30 AUGUST 1812)
The New York Post on the capture of HMS GUERRIERE (2 SEPTEMBER 1812)
Captain Decatur (USN) on the Capture of HMS MACEDONIAN (30 OCTOBER 1812)
Commodore Bainbridge (USN) on the Capture of HMS JAVA (30 DECEMBER 1812)
Captain Porter (USN) on the Capture of HMS GEORGIANA (2 JULY 1813)
Lieutenant Budd (USN) on the Capture of the USS CHESAPEAKE (15 JUNE 1813)
Captain Porter (USN) on the Cruise of the USS ESSEX (2 JULY 1813)
Midshipman Berry on the Capture of the USS CHESAPEAKE (30 AUGUST 1813)
Samuel Reid on the Loss of the Privateer General Armstrong (4 October 1814)
The Capture of HMS LEVANT and CYANE (MAY 1815)
The Escape of the USS HORNET (JUNE 1815)
Captain Biddle (USN) on the Escape of the USS HORNET (10 JUNE 1815)
FLEET ACTIONS:
Captain Elliot (USN) on a Battle in Lake Erie (9 October 1812)
Lieutenant Inglis (RN) on the Battle of Lake Erie (10 September 1813)
Captain Barclay (RN) on the Battle of Lake Erie (12 September 1813)
Commodore Perry (USN) on the Battle of Lake Erie (13 September 1813)
Adjutant General Baynes on the Battle of Lake Erie (24 November 1813)
PRIVATEERS:
The Privateer Cruise of Joseph Valpey (1812)
The Cruise of the HARPY (1815)
OTHER NAVAL ACTIONs:
The Cruise of the ROSSIE, Commodore Barney (1812)
Captain Rodgers on the Cruise of the USS President (1 Sept 1812)
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THE
NORTHWEST
CAMPAIGNS
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1812 CAMPAIGN:
General John Armstrong, USA, on the Defense of the West (2 January 1812)
Major-General Brock's Proposals for the Defense of Canada (1812)
Brigadier-General Hull, USA, on the Defense of Detroit (6 March 1812)
Brigadier-General Hull, USA, on the Defense of Detroit (13 July 1812)
Brigadier-General Hull's Proclamation to Canada (13 July 1812)
Articles of Capitulation for Fort Michilimackinac (17 July 1812)
Brigadier-General Hull, USA, on the Defense of Detroit (19 July 1812)
Proclamation by Canadian Major-General Brock (22 July 1812)
Lieutenant Porter Hankes, USA, on the Surrender of Fort Michilimackinac (4 August 1812)
The Articles of Capitulation of Fort Detroit (16 August 1812)
Major-General Brock's Proclamation to Michigan (16 August 1812)
American Newspapers on the Northwest Campaigns (5-24 August 1812)
Brigadier-General Hull, USA, on the Surrender of Detroit (26 August 1812)
The New York Evening Post on Hull's Surrender (31 August 1812)
East Coast Papers on the Blame for the Surrender (3-5 September 1812)
FORT
DEARBORN
MASSACRE (AUGUST 1812):
Captain Heald to the Secretary of War
Lieutenant Linai Helm
Mrs. John Kinzie
1813 CAMPAIGN:
John Richardson, 41st Regiment, on the River Raisin Campaign (4 February 1813)
Captain Isaac Chauncey, USN, on the Capture of York, Ontario (28 April 1813)
General Wilkinson on the Battle of Crysler's Farm (11 November 1813)
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THE
EASTERN
CAMPAIGNS
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Governor Chittenden on the Vermont Militia (10 November 1813)
Vermont Militiamen's Response to Governor Chittenden (1813)
General McClure, USA, on the New York Campaign (1 January 1814)
Lieutenant-General Gordon Drummond on the Battle of Lundy's Lane (27 July 1814)
DEFENSE OF
WASHINGTON:
Brigadier-General William Winder on the Battle of Bladensburg (27 August 1814)
Thomas Tingey on the Burning of Washington, DC (27 August 1814)
Commodore Joshua Barney on the Battle of Bladensburg (29 August 1814)
FORT
MCHENRY:
Lieutenant-Colonel Armistead on the Defense of Fort McHenry (24 September 1814)
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THE
SOUTHERN
CAMPAIGNS
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INDIAN
WARS:
Major-General Andrew Jackson's Address to His Troops (28 March 1814)
Major-General Andrew Jackson on the Battle of Horseshoe Bend (28 March 1814)
NEW
ORLEANS (JANUARY 1815):
An Anonymous Account
Major-General Andrew Jackson to the Secretary of War (27 December 1814)
Major-General Andrew Jackson to the Secretary of War (29 December 1814)
General Andrew Jackson's Address to his Soldiers (8 January 1815)
General Andrew Jackson to the Secretary of War (9 January 1815)
Sergeant John Spencer Cooper, 7th Royal Fusiliers
General Andrew Jackson's Report to the Secretary of War (19 January 1815)
Daniel Patterson's Report to the Secretary of the Navy (27 January 1815)
The New York Evening Post on the Victory at New Orleans (7 February 1815)
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SUPPORT
ISSUES
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Surgeon's Mate James Reynolds as a Prisoner in Canada (1812)
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