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Prince Regent (of Great Britain)
“Prince Regents,”
Princess Charlotte, HMS
Principio (Md.)
prisoners of war, bounty offered for, and Dartmoor massacre, killing of, treatment of
privateers, American, and Baltimore, and campaign of 1812, and campaign of 1813, and campaign of 1814, and Federalists, in French ports, and illegal trade, and prisoners of war, recruiting for, U.S. regulations for
privateers, British/Canadian
privateers, French
prize money
Procter, Maj. Gen. Henry
Prophet, the (Tenskwatawa)
Prophetstown (Ind.)
“protections,”
Provincetown (Mass.)
public finance, U.S., chart showing, for 1812, for 1813, for 1814, for 1815, and national bankruptcy
Purdy, Col. Robert
Put-in-Bay (Ohio)
Putnam, Maj. Perley
Putnam, Samuel
quartermaster department, U.S.
Quasi-War
Quebec, British defense of, and peace negotiations, on supply route, as U.S. target
Queen Charlotte, PM
Queenston Heights (Ontario), Battle of
Queenstown (Md.)
Quids
Quincy, Josiah, favors naval expansion,; and Hartford Convention, on war, writes Federalist address
Randolph, John, and Canada, and embargo of 1807, and embargo of 1812, and Wilkinson
Rangers, U.S.
ransom of ships
rate of exchange (between U.S. and Great Britain)
Rattlesnake (American privateer)
Rattlesnake, USS
Reading (Mass.)
recess, congressional, proposal for
reconnaissance in force, British (at New Orleans)
Red Eagle, See also Weatherford, William
Red Jacket
Red Sticks
Reed, Col. Philip
re-exports, U.S.
Reindeer, HMS
“Remember the Raisin,”
Republicans: and Baltimore riots, and Battle of New Orleans, and Canada, and crisis of 1814, and declaration of war, and elections, factions of, and Hartford Convention, and Henry affair, and maritime war, and military preparedness, and political exclusiveness, and success of war, and Treaty of Ghent, and war preparations
restrictive system: birth of, end of, See also embargo; enemy trade; non-importation; non-exportation; non-intercourse
Revere, Paul
Rhode Island, and defense costs, and direct tax, and elections, and Hartford Convention, and manufacturing, and militia problem, and state army
Riall, Maj. Gen. Phineas
Richardson, Maj. Gen. Alford
Richardson, William M.
rifles
Ripley, Brig. Gen. Eleazar W.
River Raisin Massacre (Mich.)
Roberts, Jonathan
Robertson, James (Philadelphia Federalist)
Robertson, Lt. James (Royal Navy officer)
Robertson, Thomas B.
Robinson, Maj. Gen. Frederick
Robinson, Jonathan
Rodgers, Capt. John
Rodriguez Canal (La.), Battle of
Roosevelt, Franklin
Ross, Maj. Gen. Robert
Rossie (American privateer)
Rule of 1756
Rush, Richard
Russell, Jonathan
Russia: and European war, and mediation offer
Sackets Harbor (N.Y.), Battle of
Salaberry, Lt. Col. Charles de
Sandy Creek (N.Y.), Battle of
Saratoga (N.Y.), Battle of
Saratoga, HMS,
Saratoga, USS
Sault Ste. Marie (Ontario)
Savannah (Ga.) American Patriot: assaulted by mob
Savary, Capt. Jean Baptiste
Sawyer, Vice Adm. Herbert
“Scarecrow” party
Scorpion, USS
Scott, Col. Hercules
Scott, Lt. Col. William
Scott, Brig. Gen. Winfield, view of fellow officers, view of Wilkinson, critical of supply system, drills troops, and Battle of Queenston Heights, and assault on Fort George, and Battle of Hoople’s Creek, and Niagara campaign in 1814, and prisoners of war, and Hartford Convention emissaries
Scourge (American privateer)
Scourge, USS
Secord, Laura
sectionalism, See also Hartford Convention; New England
sedition
Sevier, John
Seybert, Adam
Sharp, Solomon
Shays’ Rebellion
Sheaffe, Maj. Gen. Roger
Sheffey, Daniel
Shelby, Isaac
Sherbrooke, Sir John
Shipherd, Zebulon R.
“Sidmouths,”
Sinclair, Capt. Arthur
slave revolt: fear of
slaves, assist British invaders, enlist in Colonial Marines, carried off by British
slave trade
Smith, John Cotton
Smith, Maj. Gen. Samuel, and Baltimore riots, and defense of Baltimore, See also “Invisibles”
Smith, Lt. Sidney
Smith faction. See “Invisibles”
Smyth, Brig. Gen. Alexander
Snyder, Simon
Somers, USS
Soubiran, Paul Emile
Southard, Henry
South Carolina
Southwest, Old, and supply route, and Creek War, and legacy of war
Spain, U.S. trade with, and W. Florida, and Gulf Coast campaign
specie: in West, in New England, in Canada, in Great Britain, export of banned in 1812, proposal to ban export of fails in 1814, and national debt, and suspension of payments
Stamp Act Congress (1765)
Stanly, John
Stansbury, Brig. Gen. Tobias
Stark, Lt. Col. Horatio
“Star-Spangled Banner, The,”
state armies
St. Barthelemy (West Indies)
St. Cloud Decree
St. Davids (Ontario)
Stewart, Capt. Alexander
Stewart, Capt. Charles
St. Joseph (Ontario)
St. Lawrence, HMS (13 guns)
St. Lawrence, HMS (105 guns)
St. Lawrence front: and campaign of 1812, and campaign of 1813, and campaign of 1814
St. Lawrence River
St. Leonard’s Creek (Md.)
St. Louis (Mo.)
St. Michaels (Md.)
Stockton, Richard
Stone, David
Stone, Lt. Col. Isaac
Stoney Creek (Ontario), Battle of
Story, Joseph: and arrest of soldiers for debt, and Baltimore riots, and Julia case, and need for a sedition law, and New England’s militia problem, and outcome of war, and prospects of Republican party
Straits of Malacca
strategy, British: in 1812, in 1813, in 1814
strategy, U.S.: in 1812, in 1813, in 1814, in 1815
Street’s Creek (Ontario)
Stricker, Brig. Gen. John
Strong, Caleb,
Sullivan, William
Sumner, Lt. Col. William H.
superintendent general of military stores, U.S.
Superior, USS
Sweden
Swift, Brig. Gen. John
Syren, USS
Taggart, Samuel
Talladega (Ala.), Battle of
Tallmadge, Benjamin
Tallushatchee (Ala.), Battle of
taxes, British
taxes, Canadian
taxes, U.S., and British blockade, in 1802, in 1812, in 1813, in 1814, in Monroe-Pinkney Treaty, and Nantucket, and New England, in 1790s, and suspension of specie payments
Taylor, Maj. Gen. Augustine
Taylor, John W.
Taylor, Brig. Gen. Robert B.
Taylor, Capt. Zachary
Tecumseh, and Battle of Fort Stephenson, and Battle of
Thames, and Battle of Tippecanoe, and Creek War, and fall of Detroit, and siege of Fort Meigs
Tenedos, HMS
Tennessee
Tenskwatawa. See Prophet, the
territorial waters
Terry, Brig. Gen. Nathaniel
Tertium Quids
Thames (Ontario), Battle of
Thomson, John
Thornton, Col. William
Thornton, Dr. William
Ticknor, George
Ticonderoga, USS
Tigress, USS
Tingey, Capt. Thomas
Tippecanoe (Ind.), Battle of
Tompkins, Daniel D., and postwar career
Towson, Capt. Nathan
trade, U.S., chart showing, See also enemy trade; embargo; exports; imports; non-exportation; non-importation; non-intercourse; restrictive system
Trafalgar, Battle of
treasury notes, and national bank, and national debt, and paper money, and peace, problems with, U.S. issues
“Triangular war,”
Trianon Decree
Tripolitan War
troops: terminology explained
Troup, George M.
True-Blooded Yankee (American privateer)
Tucker, Lt. Col. John
“Uncle Sam”, origins of
uniforms
United States: declares war, and legacy of war, negotiates peace, prepares for war, wages war
United States, USS
Uphold’s Creek (Ontario), Battle of
Upper Canada (now Ontario)
Upper Marlboro (Md.)
U.S. Military Academy
U.S. Navy Academy
Ussher’s Creek (Ontario)
Van Buren, Martin
Van Horne, Maj. Thomas
Van Rensselaer, Col. Solomon
Van Rensselaer, Maj. Gen. Stephen
Varnum, Joseph
Vergennes (Vt.)
Vermont, and enemy trade, and Hartford Convention, and militia problem, and origins of “Uncle Sam,”
Victory, HMS
Vienna, Congress of
Vietnam War
Villeré, Jacques
Villeré’s Plantation (La.), Battle of
Vincent, John
Virginia, defense costs of, and election of 1812, and militia problem, pro-war violence in, and state army, and wartime economy, See also Chesapeake Bay
Virginia Dynasty
Vixen, USS
volunteers, U.S.
Wadsworth, Col. Decius
Wagner, Jacob
War Congress
Ward, Samuel
War Department, U.S.
War Hawks
War of 1812: act declaring, casualties of, causes of, cost of, diplomacy of, legacy of, military and naval campaigns of, opposition to, preparation for, as second war of independence
Warren, Adm. John Borlase
Washington, George, portrait of
Washington, USS
Washington (American privateer)
Washington Benevolent Society of Maryland
Washington (D.C.), British capture of, defense of, proposal to remove capital from
Wasp, USS (18 guns)
Wasp, USS (22 guns)
Waterloo (Belgium), Battle of
Watmough, Lt. E. C.,
weapons
Weatherford, William
Webster, Daniel, and Hartford Convention, and national bank, and nullification, and restrictive system, and St. Cloud Decree
Webster, Noah
“We have met the enemy and they are ours,”
Wellesley, Richard
Wellington, Duke of, in European war, officers of, and War of 1812
Wells, Capt. William
Westbrook, Andrew
West Indies, and American privateers, and runaway slaves, and U.S. trade
Wheaton, Laban
White House,
Whitney, Eli
Wilkinson, Maj. Gen. James, and campaign against Montreal, and Second Battle of Lacolle Mill
Willcocks, Lt. Col. Joseph
Williams, David R.
Williams, Maj. Gen. William
Wilson, Thomas
Wilson, Woodrow
Winchester, Brig. Gen. James
Winder, Brig. Gen. William
Windship, John
Winnebago Indians
Wirt, William
Wolfe, HMS (21 guns)
Wolfe, HMS (rated at 100+ guns)
Wood, Capt. Eleazer
Woodbine, George
Woods, Private John
Wool, Capt. John E.
Wooleslager, George
Woolsey, Master Commandant Melancthon
World War II
Worsley, Lt. Miller
Wright, Robert
Yankee (American privateer)
“Yankee Doodle,”
Yeo, Commodore James
York (Ontario), Battle of
Donald R. Hickey is a professor of history at Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska. He is the author of seven books, including Don’t Give Up the Ship! Myths of the War of 1812, and numerous articles.
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