Author: Charles Jacobs PetersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mexican War, 1846-1848
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
The Military Heroes of the War of 1812
Author: Charles Jacobs PetersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mexican War, 1846-1848
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Citizen Soldiers in the War of 1812
Author: C. Edward SkeenPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813188784
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Winner of the Army Historical Foundation Book Award During the War of 1812, state militias were intended to be the primary fighting force. Unfortunately, while militiamen showed willingness to fight, they were untrained, undisciplined, and ill-equipped. These raw volunteers had no muskets, and many did not know how to use the weapons once they had been issued. Though established by the Constitution, state militias found themselves wholly unprepared for war. The federal government was empowered to use these militias to "execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions;" but in a system of divided responsibility, it was the states' job to appoint officers and to train the soldiers. Edward Skeen reveals states' responses to federal requests for troops and provides in-depth descriptions of the conditions, morale, and experiences of the militia in camp and in battle. Skeen documents the failures and successes of the militias, concluding that the key lay in strong leadership. He also explores public perception of the force, both before and after the war, and examines how the militias changed in response to their performance in the War of 1812. After that time, the federal government increasingly neglected the militias in favor of a regular professional army.
The Military Heroes of the War of 1812
Author: Charles Jacobs PetersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
The U.S. Army Campaigns of the War of 1812 (Illustrated Edition)
Author: Center of Military HistoryPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
The War of 1812 is perhaps the United States' least known conflict. Other than Andrew Jackson's 1815 victory at New Orleans and Francis Scott Key's poem "The Star-Spangled Banner" written in 1814 during the British attack on Baltimore, most Americans know little about the country's second major war. This book will give you a full insight into the second largest military conflict that took place on the soil of North America. Contents: Defending a New Nation 1783-1811 The Campaign of 1812 The Canadian Theater, 1813 The Creek War of 1813–1814 The Chesapeake Campaign, 1813–1814 The Canadian Theater, 1814 The Gulf Theater, 1813-1815
Proceedings of the Convention of the Soldiers of the War of 1812, Held at Corinthian Hall, Syracuse, June 20th and 21st, 1843, Together with Addresses Delivered by Gen. James W. Nye and Hon. Harvey Baldwin, in Support of Their Claims
Author: Soldiers of the War of 1812. New York (State)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Richardson's War of 1812
Author: Richardson (Major, John)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada History War of 1812
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
A Chronicle of War of 1812 Soldiers, Seamen, and Marines
Author: Dennis F. BlizzardPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806351055
Category : Maryland
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
The volume begins with biographical sketches of the First Purchasers, in which the author explains to what extent each man figured in Nantucket's British beginnings and gives an account of that pioneer's immediate family and the circumstances of his death. The First Purchasers included: Thomas Macy, Benjamin Coffin, Tristram Coffin, Edward Starbuck, Richard Swain, William Bunker, John Swain, Thomas Barnard, Robert Barnard, Christopher Hussey, Thomas Mayhew, Peter Coffin, Stephen Greenleaf, William Pile, Robert Pike, Tristram Coffin, Jr., James Coffin, Thomas Coleman, Nathaniel Starbuck, Thomas Look, and John Smith. Many of these founders were well acquainted with one another and, in a number of instances, were connected through intermarriage as well. These relationships are clearly established by Mr. Starbuck's genealogies, which trace the founders from their origins in England through four or five generations to the eve of the American Revolution and beyond.
Amateurs, to Arms!
Author: John R. EltingPublisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1616202866
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Begun in ignorance of the military reality, the War of 1812 was our "most unmilitary war," fought catch-as-catch-can with raw troops, incompetent officers, and appallingly inadequate logistics. American soil was invaded along three frontiers, thte nation's capital was occupied and burned, and the secession of the New England states loomed as a possibility. In Amateurs, to Arms! distinguished military historian Colonel John R. Elting shows how the young republic fought and almost lost its "Second War for Independence," and how it was saved by the handful of amateur soldiers and sailors who survived, masters their deadly new professions, and somehow battled Great Britain to a standstill along our wilderness borders and on the high seas.
Muster Rolls of the Soldiers of the War of 1812
Author: North Carolina Adjutant-General's DeptPublisher: Scholar's Choice
ISBN: 9781293977194
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
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Muster Rolls of the Soldiers of the War of 1812
Author: North Carolina Adjutant-General's DeptPublisher: War College Series
ISBN: 9781294976721
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
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