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A HISTORY, OF THE WAR OF 1812-15 BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN

By Rossiter Johnson

Dodd, Mead and Company Publishers

1882

Dodd, Mead & Company.




CONTENTS.


CHAPTER I.

Causes of the War 1. Franklin's Prediction, 1.--British Feeling toward
the United States, 2.--The Unsurrendered Posts, 3.--Indian Troubles,
4.--Impressment of Seamen, 7.--The Decrees and Orders in Council,
13.--Declaration of War, 18.


CHAPTER II.

The Detroit Campaign, 21.--First Bloodshed, 21.--Attitude of
Political Parties, 22.--Plans for Invading Canada, 26.--Capture of
Michilimackinac, 30.--Engagements at the River Raisin and Maguaga,
31.--Battle of Chicago, 32.--Hull's Surrender, 36.


CHAPTER III.

Fights with the Indians, 38.--Tecumseh's Scheme, 38.--Harrison's March
to Fort Wayne, 39.--Defence of Fort Harrison, 41.--Defence of Fort
Madison, 43.--Ball's Fight, 44.


CHAPTER IV.

The Battle of Queenstown, 46.--Fight at Gananoqui, 46.--Expedition
against Ogdensburg, 47.--Elliott captures two War-vessels,
48.--Gathering of Forces on the Niagara, 49.--Battle of Queenstown,
50.--Death of General Brock, 55.


CHAPTER V.

War on the Ocean, 61.--The _President_ and the _Little Belt_,
62.--The _President_ and the _Belvidera_, 64.--Hull's Race, 66.--The
_Constitution_ and the _Guerriere_, 68.--Effect of the Victory, 71.--The
_Wasp_ and the _Frolic_, 73.--The _United States_ and the _Macedonian_,
76.--The _Constitution_ and the _Java_, 79.--Nelson's Prediction, 83.


CHAPTER VI.

Minor Battles in the West, 84.--Winchester's Expedition, 84.--Fight at
Frenchtown, 85.--Massacre at the Raisin, 87.--Siege of Fort Meigs, 90.


CHAPTER VII.

War on the Lakes, 98.--The Armaments, 98.--Preliminary Operations,
99.--Expedition against York, 100.--Death of General Pike, 103.--Capture
of Fort George, 107.--Attack on Sackett's Harbor, 112.--Battle of Stony
Creek, 118.


CHAPTER VIII.

Battle of the Thames, 140--Harrison's Advance, 140.--Proctor's Retreat
141.--Nature of the Ground, 141.--Disposition of the Indians, 143.--The
Battle, 144.--Death of Tecumseh, 146.--Flight of Proctor, 146.--Results
of the Campaign, 148.


CHAPTER IX.

Wilkinson's Expedition, 149.--Armstrong's Plans, 149.--Position of the
Troops, 150.--Descent of the St. Lawrence, 152--Battle of Chrysler's
Field, 154.--Hampton's Defeat, 159.--Cost of the Campaign,
160.--Effects on the Niagara Frontier, 161.--Capture of Fort Niagara,
163.--Destruction of Buffalo and other Villages, 166.


CHAPTER X.

War in the South, 168.--Engagement at Lewistown, 168.--Fight in Delaware
Bay, 169.--Burning of Havre de Grace, Georgetown, and Fredericktown,
171.--Battle at Craney Island, 172.--Destruction of Hampton,
176.--Troubles with the Southern Indians, 178.--Fight at Burnt
Corn Creek, 179.--Massacre at Fort Mims, 182.--Jackson's Campaign,
183.--Fights at Tallus-chatches, Talladega, the Hillabee Towns, Autosse,
and Econochaca, 183.--Dale's Canoe Fight, 188.


CHAPTER XI.

Naval Battles of 1813, 195.--The _Hornet_ and the _Peacock_, 195.--The
_Chesapeake_ and the _Shannon_, 197.--The _Argus_ and the _Pelican_,
201.--The _Enterprise_ and the _Boxer_, 202.--Decatur Blockaded at New
London, 204.--A New Embargo, 206.


CHAPTER XII.

Privateers, 207.--Their Number and Importance, 207.--Jefferson's Opinion
of them, 208.--A London Journal's Prediction, 211.--Some of their
Captures, and some of their Battles, 212.--The _Yankee's_ Laughable
Exploit, 222.


CHAPTER XIII.

Peace Negotiations, 223.--Campaign against the Creeks, 223.--Condition
of Affairs at the Opening of the Third Year, 223.--Congressional
Appropriations, 224--Russian Offers of Mediation, 225.--Jackson's
Preparations, 227.--Battles of Emucfau, Enotachopco, and Horseshoe Bend,
227.


CHAPTER XIV.

Brown's