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The War of 1812 marked a turning point in the history of the Old Northwest because it established United States authority over the British and Indians of that border region. [289] After the decisive defeat of the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814, some Creek warriors escaped to join the Seminole in Florida.
The Los Angeles Times called it "the definitive book about the burning of Washington during the War of 1812". [10] In selecting the book for re-printing, the Johns Hopkins university press said, "Lord wrote with great force and feeling of the subsequent defense of Fort McHenry, the circumstances of Francis Scott Key's writing of 'The Star ...
The Late War is a history of the War of 1812.It begins with President James Madison and the congressional declaration of war, writing "James, whose sir-name was Madison, delivered a written paper to the Great Sanhedrin of the people, who were assembled together."
The Naval War of 1812 is Theodore Roosevelt's first book, published in 1882. It covers the naval battles and technology used during the War of 1812.It is considered a seminal work in its field, and had a massive impact on the formation of the modern American Navy.
For the United States, the Creek War was an important side conflict to increase their control in the South at the expense of Native American factions allied with and supplied by the British, while the Hartford Convention of the Federalist Party (December 1814 – January 1815) played a significant role in voicing strong opposition to the U.S ...
The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812. Harper & Brothers, Publishers. ISBN 978-0-665-24384-4. Maclay, Edgar Stanton (1894). A History of the United States Navy, from 1775 to 1893. D. Appleton & Company, New York. pp. 647. Mahon, John H. (1972). The War of 1812. Da Capo Press, in arrangement with University of Florida Press, 1972. p. 496.
The Incredible War of 1812: A Military History. Toronto: Univ. of Toronto Press, 1965. Lambert, Andrew The Challenge: Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812 (Faber and Faber, 2012) ISBN 0-571-27319-X; Lossing, Benson J. Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812. New York: Harper, 1868. 1084 pp.
History books about the War of 1812 (1 P) Pages in category "War of 1812 books" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.