The War of 1812
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58. Arsène Lacarrière Latour: Historical Memoir of the War in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814–15 (1816; edited and expanded by Gene A. Smith, Gainesville, 1999), 100; Niles’ Register 8 (March 4, 1815), 1; speech of George M. Troup, February 16, 1815, in AC, 13–3, 1156. See also letter from New Orleans, January 19, 1815, in Richmond Enquirer, February 15, 1815; Address of Andrew Jackson, March, 1815, in Brannan, Official Letters, 469.
59. Boston Yankee, March 3, 1815.
60. Niles’ Register 11 (September 14, 1816), 40.
61. Speech of Henry Southard, January 17, 1817, in AC, 14–2, 584.
Index
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USS designates U.S. warships even though this abbreviation was rarely used by contemporaries.
HMS (for His Majesty’s Ship) and PM (for Provincial Marine) designate British warships.
The military rank given is usually the highest achieved during the war.
Adams, John
Adams, John Quincy, appointed to peace commission, and peace negotiations, postwar career of, in Russia
Adams, USS
Adams, William
Address of the Minority (Federalist anti-war address)
Albany Congress (1754)
Alert, HMS
Alexander, Czar
Alexandria (Va)
Amelia Island (Fla.)
America. See United States
American Revolution, See also War of 1812: as second war of independence
Ames, Fisher
Amiens, Peace of
Anacostia River
“Anacreon in Heaven, To”
Anderson, Joseph
Anglo-French wars (1793-1815)
anglophobia
Apalachicola River (Fla.)
apothecary general, U.S.
Appling, Maj. Daniel
Archer, Stevenson
Argus, USS (20 guns)
Argus, USS (rated at 22 guns)
arming merchantmen
Armistead, Maj. George, family of
armistice: negotiations for, rumors of
Armstrong, John, appointed secretary of war, blamed for capture of Washington, and campaign of 1813, character of, creates military districts, and defense of Washington, favors conscription, as judge of talent, resigns, view on Hartford Convention, writes army code of regulations
Army, British
Army, U.S., actual size of, and arrest for debt, authorized size of, casualties of, code of regulations for, condition of, and conscription, and desertion from, 231, 407n8; discipline in, disease in, and dueling, enlistment bounty of, and enlistment of minors, , enlistment period of, officers of, pay of, in the postwar period, ration of, recruiting problems of, reorganization of, supply of, weapons of, See also individual battles
arsenals, U.S.
artillery
Artillery Duel at New Orleans (La.)
Astor, John Jacob
Astoria (Ore.)
attorney general, U.S.
Austerlitz (Czechoslovakia), Battle of
Autosee (Ala.), Battle
Avon, HMS
Bache, Richard
Backus, Col. Electus
Bacon, Ezekiel
Bainbridge, Capt. William
Baker, Anthony
Baltic Sea
Baltimore (Md.), British assault on, and privateering, riots in 54-65, trade of
Baltimore Federal Republican
Bangor (Maine)
banks: number of, and public finance, and specie reserves, and suspension of specie payments, See also National bank
Baratarian pirates
Barclay, Commander Robert H.
Baring, Alexander
Baring, House of
Barney, Capt. Joshua
Barney, Maj. William
Barrie, Capt. Robert
Baton Rouge (La.)
Bayard, James A., appointed to peace commission, and peace negotiations, in Russia, view of impressment, view of Treaty of Ghent
Baynes, Col. Edward
Beanes, William Dr.
Beasley, Maj. Daniel
Beaver Dams (Ontario), Battle of
Beckwith, Col. Thomas Sidney
Belfast (Maine)
Benedict (Md.)
Benton, Jesse
Benton, Thomas Hart
Berkeley, Rear Adm. George
Berlin Decree. See Continental Decrees
Bermuda
Bibb, William
bicentennial (of War of 1812)
Bidwell, Barnabas
Bigelow, Abijah
Bigelow, Timothy
Bissell, Brig. Gen. Daniel
Blackbird
black people, See also slaves
Black Rock (N.Y.)
Black Swamp (Ohio)
Bladensburg (Md.), Battle of
“Bladensburg Races,” 206
Blake, Francis
Bledsoe, Jesse
Bleecker, Harmanus
blockades (British): in Europe, of U.S.
Block Island (R.I.)
blue light affair
Boerstler, Lt. Col. Charles
Bonaparte, Napoleon. See Napoleon
Boston (Mass.): and Baltimore riots, and British blockade, effect of war on, and election of 1812, and enemy trade, and Hartford Convention, and Massachusetts militia problem, and Treaty of Ghent, and U.S. embargos, and war loans
bounty, enlistment. See Army, U.S.; Navy, U.S.
Boxer, HMS
Boyd, Brig. Gen. John P.
Boyle, Capt. Thomas
Brant’s Ford (Ontario)
Brent, Richard
Bristol (England)
Britain. See Great Britain
Brock, Maj. Gen. Isaac, and Battle of Queenston Heights, and capture of Detroit, and control of Lake Erie
Broke, Capt. Philip
Brooke, Col. Arthur
Brown, Maj. Gen. Jacob, and Battle of Hoople’s Creek, and defense of Sackets Harbor, feud with Chauncey, at French Mills, and Niagara campaign of 1814
Buck, Maj. Thomas
“buck and ball,”
buckshot
budget, U.S.: for 1812, for 1813, for 1814, for 1815
Buffalo (N.Y.)
Bunker Hill (Mass.), Battle of
Burbeck, Col. Henry
Burgoyne, Maj. Gen. John
Burgoyne, Lt. Col. John Fox
Burlington (Vt.)
Burlington Heights (Ontario)
“Burlington Races,”
Burnt Corn (Ala.), Battle of
Burrall, Charles
Burr Conspiracy
Byron, Lord
Cabot, George
Calabee Creek (Ala.), Battle of
Caledonia, PM
Calhoun, John C., 165, 259, and crisis of 1814, and declaration of war, and executive leadership, and party spirit, and public finance, and restrictive system
Campbell, George W.
Campbell, Col. John B.
Canada, British defense plans for, British seek security for, as a cause of war, Federalists oppose conquest of, and Indians, and legacy of war, U.S. attempts to conquer, U.S. boundary with, U.S. favors voluntary transfer of, U.S. proposals for governing, U.S. trade with
Canadian volunteers
Canoe Fight (in Ala.)
Cape Cod (Mass.)
Capitol, U.S.
Carden, Capt. John S.
Caribbean Sea. See West Indies
Carolina, USS
Carroll, Henry
Cartagena (Columbia)
Cass, Col. Lewis
Cassin, Capt. John
Castine (Maine)
Castlereagh, Lord
casualties, See also individual battles
Cat Island (Miss.)
Caulk’s Field (Md.), Battle of
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certificate of citizenship
Chandler, Brig. Gen. John
Channing, William Ellery
“Chant du Depart,” 216
Chapin, Col. Cyranius
Charleston (S.C.)
Chasseur (American privateer)
Châteauguay (Quebec), Battle of
Chauncey, Isaac, and assault on Fort George, and Battle of York, and command of the lakes, and conquest of Canada, and dispute with Brown, and Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario
Cherub, HMS
Chesapeake, USS
Chesapeake affair
Chesapeake Bay, British blockade of, British justification of depredations in, British raids in, and enemy trade, and legacy of depredations, and suspension of specie payments, U.S. response to depredations in, wartime economy of
Cheves, Langdon, elected speaker of house, and national bank, and naval expansion, and prisoners of war, and removal of capital, and restrictive system
Chippawa (Ontario), Battle of
Chippawa River (Ontario)
Chippewa, USS
Chippewa Indians
Chittenden, Martin
Chub, HMS
Civil War, U.S.
Claiborne, Brig. Gen. Ferdinand L.
Claiborne, William
Clark, William
Clarke, Col. Allen
Clay, Brig. Gen. Green
Clay, Henry, appointed to peace commission, on Canada, gambling of, leadership of, on Madison’s leadership, and peace negotiations, and postwar career, and prewar embargo, on restrictive system, as speaker of house, on specie in West, view of Treaty of Ghent
Clinton, De Witt
Clinton, George
Clintonians
Clopton, John
coastal fortifications, U.S.
Cochrane, Vice Adm. Alexander, and campaign in Chesapeake, and Gulf Coast campaign
Cockburn, Rear Adm. George, and attack on Cumberland Island, and Chesapeake campaign, opinion on Colonial Marines, reviled in America
Codrington, Rear Adm. Edward
Coffee, Brig. Gen. John
Cognawauga (Caughnawaga) Indians
cohesion index
Colonial Marines (British)
Columbia, USS
commissary department, U.S.
Confiance, HMS
Congress, U.S., Federalist bloc voting in, party breakdown in, Republican factions in, secret sessions of
Congress, USS
Congress of Vienna
Congreve rockets
Conjocta Creek (N.Y.), Battle of
Connecticut: creates state army, defenses costs of, financial condition of, and Hartford Convention, and militia problem, nullifies minor enlistment law, protests war
Connecticut River
conscription. See Army, U.S.
Consolato del Mare,
Constellation, USS
Constitution, U.S., proposed amendments to
Constitution, USS, defeats HMS Guerrière, defeats HMS Java, defeats HMS Levant and HMS Cyane, earns nickname of “Old Ironsides,” outruns British squadron, postwar fame of
Constitutional Convention (1787)
Continental Congress, First (1774)
Continental decrees
contraband
convention movement (in New England), See also Hartford Convention
Convention of 1800
Cook’s Mills (Ontario), Battle of
Covington (N.Y.)
Covington, Brig. Gen. Leonard
Cornwall (Ontario)
Craig, Sir James
Crawford, William H.
Crawford’s Hotel (in Washington, D.C.)
Creek War
Crillon, Count Edward de
Crockett, Davy
Croghan, Col. George
Crowninshield, Benjamin W.
Crutchfield, Maj. Stapleton
Crysler’s Farm (Ontario), Battle of
Cumberland Island (Ga.)
Cushing, Brig. Gen. Thomas H.
Cutts, Charles
Cutts, Richard
Cuyahoga (American merchantman)
Cyane, HMS
Dacres, Capt. James R.
Daggett, David
Dale, Capt. Sam
Dallas, Alexander J., appointed secretary of the treasury, and enemy trade, financial reports of, and national bank
Dana, Samuel W.
Dane, Nathan
Dartmoor Massacre
Dartmoor Prison (in England)
Dashkov, Andrei
Davis, Brig. Gen. Jacob
Dearborn, Maj. Gen. Henry, and armistice of 1812, and assault on York, and campaign against Montreal in 1812, and Hull’s court martial, and New England militia problem, and Niagara campaign in 1813, and U.S. strategy in 1812
Dearborn, Brig. Gen. Henry A. S.
Decatur, Capt. Stephen, and blue light affair, captures HMS Macedonian, loses USS President, reputation of, and U.S. naval strategy
declaration of war: British, U.S.
Delaware
Delaware (Ontario)
desertion. See Army, U.S.: and desertion from
Desha, Joseph
Detroit (Mich.), captured by British, recaptured by U.S.
Detroit, PM (6 guns)
Detroit, PM (19 guns),
Detroit frontier
Detroit River
Dickson, Lt. Col. Alexander
direct tax
disease. See Army, U.S.: disease in
Dobbins, Daniel
Dobbs, Capt. Alexander
“Don’t give up the ship,”
“Don’t give up the soil,”
Douglass, Capt. George
Dover (Ontario)
Dover Mills (Ontario)
Downie, Capt. George
“Dr. Chapin and the Forty Thieves,”
drugs
Drummond, Lt. Gen. Gordon
Drummond, Lt. Col. William,
Duane, Col. William
Ducharme, Capt. Dominique
Duck River (Tenn.)
dueling (in U.S. Army)
Dupont & Company
Dwight, Theodore
Dwight, Timothy
Dyson, Capt. Samuel T.
Eagle, USS (11 guns)
Eagle, USS (20 guns)
East India Company
East Indies
Eastport (Maine)
economy, U.S., impact of war on
Eisenhower, Dwight
elections: of 1800, of 1812, of 1814
Elkton (Md.)
Elliott, Lt. Jesse
Elliott, Matthew
embargo, of 1807, of 1812, of 1813, and Hartford Convention
Emuckfau (Ala.), Battle of
Endymion, HMS
enemy aliens
enemy trade, proposals to curtail
enforcement act (of 1809)
England. See Great Britain
Enotachopco Creek (Ala.), Battle of
Enterprise, USS
Eppes, John W.
Era of Good Feelings
Erskine, David M.
Erskine Agreement
Essex (Conn.)
Essex, USS
Essex decision
Essex Junto
Europe, and Anglo-American peace negotiations
Eustis, William
exports, U.S., See also non-exportation; re-exports
Falcon, Capt. Gordon
Favourite, HMS
Federalists: and Baltimore riots, and Canadian war, and crisis of 1814, and declaration of war, decline of, and elections, and fall of Napoleon, and French alliance, and Hartford Convention, and Henry affair, and maritime war, and military preparedness, and militia problem, and national bank, and navy, and opposition to war, and peace terms, and prisoners of war, and restrictive system, and tax policy, and Treaty of Ghent, unity of, violence of, and war loans
Federal Republican (Baltimore). See Baltimore: riots in
Fessenden, Samuel
Finch
, HMS
Fischer, Lt. Col. Victor
fishing privileges, U.S., in Canadian waters
Fisk, James
Fisk, Jonathan
Fitzgibbon, Lt. James
floating battery
Florida: and Creeks, and Gulf coast campaign, and U.S. expansion, and U.S. trade
Floyd, Brig. Gen. John
foreign seaman act
Forsyth, Maj. John
Fort Amherstburg (Ontario)
Fort Bowyer (Ala.)
Fort Dearborn Massacre (Ill.)
Fort Defiance (Md.)
Fort Erie (Ontario), Battle of, U.S. capture of, U.S. evacuation of, U.S. sortie from
Fort George (Ontario), British siege of, U.S. capture of, U.S. evacuation of
Fort Harrison (Ind.)
Fort Jackson (Ala.), Treaty of
Fort Madison (Iowa)
Fort McHenry (Md.)
Fort Meigs (Ohio)
Fort Mims Massacre (Ala.)
Fort Niagara (N.Y.), captured by British
Fort Ontario (N.Y.)
Fort Schlosser (N.Y.)
Fort Shelby (Wis.)
Fort Stephenson (Ohio)
Fort St. Philip (La.)
Fort Strother (Ala.)
Fort Sullivan (Maine)
Fort Tompkins (N.Y.)
Fort Washington (Md.)
Fort Wayne (Ind.), treaties of
Foster, Augustus J.
Four Corners (N.Y.)
Fox, Charles James
Fox Blockade
France, and Continental System, and declaration of war, and fear of alliance with, and Great Britain, and Quasi-War, and restrictive system, and trade, See also Napoleon
Franklin County (Pa.)
Fredericktown (Md.)
free ships--free goods
“Free trade and sailors’ rights,”
French Mills (N.Y.)
Frenchtown (Md.)
Frenchtown (Mich.), Battle of
Freneau, Philip
frigates: British, U.S., See also individual frigates
Frolic, HMS
Frolic, USS
Fulton (N.Y.)
Fulton, Robert
Fulton the First, USS
Gaines, Brig. Gen. Edmund P.
Gallatin, Albert, appointed to peace delegation, and peace negotiations, and restrictive system, and taxes, and U.S. strategy, and war, and war finance
Galusha, Jonas
Gambier, Adm. James,
Gaston, William
General Armstrong (American privateer)
General Pike, USS
Georgetown (D.C.)
Georgetown (Md.)
Georgia
Georgian Bay (Ontario)
Gerry, Elbridge
Ghent (Belgium)
Ghent, Treaty of, ratification of, reception of, negotiated, terms of
Gibson, Jacob
Gilbert, Felix H.
Giles, William Branch
Gilman, John T.
Girard, Stephen
Glasgow (Scotland)