The Incredible War of 1812: A Military HistoryHitsman's account of the War of 1812 is regarded by many experts as the best one-volume history of that conflict. It is an engrossing story of the causes of the war and of the campaigns and battles that raged on land and water, from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. This new paperback edition, edited by Donald E. Graves, contains the entire text of the original edition and much new material. |
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... MILES Fort George Fort Niagara LAKE ONTARIO Newark Vrooman's Point Queenston Lewiston Beaver Dam Stoney Creek ESCARPMENT Forty Mile Cr . Twenty Mile Creek Grand R. LAKE ERIE Chippawa R. Lundy's Lane Chippawa Fort Schlosser Black Rock ...
... MILES Fort George Fort Niagara LAKE ONTARIO Newark Vrooman's Point Queenston Lewiston Beaver Dam Stoney Creek ESCARPMENT Forty Mile Cr . Twenty Mile Creek Grand R. LAKE ERIE Chippawa R. Lundy's Lane Chippawa Fort Schlosser Black Rock ...
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... MILES P Wolfe Brockville * .. Black Lake DUNDAS Crysler's Farm Ogdensburg Oswegatchie THOUSAND ISLANDS St. Lawrence R. Cape Vincent Y N Montreal Ottawa R. Lachine STORMONT Long Sault Cornwall St. Regis QFrench Mills R K Salmon R. Wolfe ...
... MILES P Wolfe Brockville * .. Black Lake DUNDAS Crysler's Farm Ogdensburg Oswegatchie THOUSAND ISLANDS St. Lawrence R. Cape Vincent Y N Montreal Ottawa R. Lachine STORMONT Long Sault Cornwall St. Regis QFrench Mills R K Salmon R. Wolfe ...
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... miles from the harbor , and two brigs between Stoney Island and Stoney Point , completely blocking both passes ... miles and were met by 120 Oneida Indians who were to move along the shore as additional protection . A further 10 miles ...
... miles from the harbor , and two brigs between Stoney Island and Stoney Point , completely blocking both passes ... miles and were met by 120 Oneida Indians who were to move along the shore as additional protection . A further 10 miles ...
Contents
Years of Tension | 3 |
A General Outline for Defence | 24 |
Opening Moves | 45 |
Copyright | |
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American Amherstburg arrived artillery attack August bateaux Battalion batteries battle brig brigade Brigadier-General Brock Brunswick campaign Canadian Voltigeurs Captain captured carronades casualties Chauncey's Chippawa Colonel command Commodore Chauncey Commodore Yeo continued defence despatch detachment Detroit Drummond enemy Enemy's fire flank companies force Fort Erie Fort George Fort Malden Fort Niagara frigates garrison Glengarry Light Infantry Government gunboats Halifax Hull Indians July killed Kingston Lake Champlain Lake Erie Lake Ontario land letter Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant-General long guns Lord Bathurst Lower Canada Major-General Malden Michilimackinac miles military Montreal naval Navy Niagara frontier Niagara River North America Nova Scotia officers Ogdensburg ordered Plattsburgh Prescott Procter Province Provincial Marine Quebec Queenston rank Regiment of Foot regulars reinforcements reported retreat Royal Sackets Harbor schooners seamen Secretary sedentary militia sent September Sheaffe ships shore Sir George Prevost Sir James Yeo soldiers soon squadron troops United Upper Canada vessels volunteers wounded wrote Yeo's York