by Mark Zuehlke
11. Stanley, 187–90.
12. Hitsman, 150–51.
13. Ronald L. Way, “The Day of Crysler’s Farm,” in The Defended Border: Upper Canada and the War of 1812, ed. Morris Zaslow (Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada, 1964), 63.
14. Berton, Flames Across the Border, 70–73.
15. Hitsman, 154–55.
16. Stanley, 198–200.
17. Berton, Flames Across the Border, 83–84.
18. Stanley, 197.
19. Irving Brant, James Madison: Commander in Chief, 1812–1836 (New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1961), 207.
20. Ibid., 192.
21. Ibid., 181.
22. Ibid., 182.
23. Ibid., 190.
24. Ibid., 193.
25. Berton, Flames Across the Border, 211.
SIXTEEN: HAVE MET THE ENEMY
1. George F. G. Stanley, The War of 1812: Land Operations (Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1983), 163–65.
2. A. T. Mahan, Sea Power in its Relation to the War of 1812, vol. 2 (Boston: Little, Brown, 1905), 62–63.
3. Ibid., 68–72.
4. Reginald Horsman, The War of 1812 (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969), 103–5.
5. Stanley, 156–57.
6. William F. Coffin, 1812—The War and the Moral: A Canadian Chronicle (Montreal: John Lovell, 1864), 207–13.
7. J. Mackay Hitsman, The Incredible War of 1812: A Military History (Toronto: Robin Brass Studio, 1999), 167.
8. Pierre Berton, Flames Across the Border: 1813–1814 (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1981), 138–39.
9. Ibid., 140.
10. Stanley, 158–60.
11. Hitsman, 168–69.
12. Berton, 145–47.
13. William Wood, ed., Select British Documents of the Canadian War of 1812, vol. 2 (New York: Greenwood Press, 1968), 46.
14. Ibid., 49.
15. Mahan, 51–55.
16. Ibid., 58–61.
17. Hitsman, 163.
18. Ibid., 168–171.
19. Mahan, 80–90.
20. Wood, 274–75.
21. Berton, 164.
22. Ibid., 165–69.
23. Wood, 282–83.
24. John Richardson, War of 1812 (Brockville, ON: n.p., 1842), 118–20.
25. John Sugden, Tecumseh: A Life (New York: Henry Holt, 1997), 360.
26. Ibid., 362.
27. Hitsman, 173–74.
SEVENTEEN: FIELDS OF VICTORY, FIELDS OF SHAME
1. J. Mackay Hitsman, The Incredible War of 1812: A Military History (Toronto: Robin Brass Studio, 1999), 178.
2. Ibid.
3. J. C. A. Stagg, Mr. Madison’s War: Politics, Diplomacy, and Warfare in the Early American Republic, 1783–1830 (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1983), 345.
4. Pierre Berton, Flames Across the Border: 1813–1814 (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1981), 216–17.
5. Hitsman, 179.
6. Ibid., 183.
7. Irving Brant, James Madison: Commander in Chief, 1812–1836 (New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1961), 214.
8. George F. G. Stanley, The War of 1812: Land Operations (Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1983), 246–47.
9. Ibid., 249.
10. James Wilkinson, Memoirs of My Own Times, vol. 3 (Philadelphia: n.p., 1816), Appendix 1.
11. Stanley, 216–18.
12. Brant, 221.
13. Ibid.
14. Stanley, 208–10.
15. Ibid., 210–12.
16. John Sugden, Tecumseh: A Life (New York: Henry Holt, 1997), 379.
17. Benjamin Drake, Life of Tecumseh (Cincinnati: E. Morgan, 1841), 202–3.
18. Ibid., 209.
19. Hitsman, 176.
20. Stanley, 214.
21. Reginald Horsman, The War of 1812 (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969), 114.
22. Hitsman, 176.
23. William Dunlop, Tiger Dunlop’s Upper Canada: Comprising Recollections of the American War 1812–1814, by a Backwoodsman (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1967), 10.
24. Berton, 218–19.
25. Stanley, 254–56.
26. Ibid., 254–59.
EIGHTEEN: UNDER GREAT DANGER
1. Irving Brant, James Madison: Commander in Chief, 1812–1836 (New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1961), 222.
2. Ibid., 222–23.
3. J. C. A. Stagg, Mr. Madison’s War: Politics, Diplomacy, and Warfare in the Early American Republic, 1783–1830 (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1983), 345.
4. James Wilkinson, Memoirs of My Own Times, vol. 3 (Philadelphia: n.p., 1816), Appendix 24.
5. J. Mackay Hitsman, The Incredible War of 1812: A Military History (Toronto: Robin Brass Studio, 1999), 190–91.
6. Ibid., 191.
7. Ibid., 192.
8. George F. G. Stanley, The War of 1812: Land Operations (Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1983), 218–24.
9. James F. Hopkins, ed., The Papers of Henry Clay: Volume 1—The Rising Statesman, 1797–1814 (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1959), 839–40.
10. Stagg, 347.
11. Ibid., 362–63.
12. Count Gallatin, ed., The Diary of James Gallatin: Secretary to Albert Gallatin—A Great Peace Maker, 1813–1 & 27 (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1920), 5.
13. Elizabeth Donnan, ed., “Papers of James A. Bayard, 1796–1815,” Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1913, 1915: 232–36.
14. Ibid., 235.
15. Bradford Perkins, Castlereagh and Adams: England and the United States, 1812–1823 (Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1964), 22.
16. Henry Adams, ed., The Writings of Albert Gallatin (New York: Antiquarian Press, 1960), 546–52.
17. Ibid., 568–69.
18. Ibid., 584–87.
19. Gallatin, 10.
20. Ibid., 12.
21. Fred L. Engelman, The Peace of Christmas Eve (London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1962), 46.
22. Gallatin, 13.
NINETEEN: DESTITUTE OF MILITARY FIRE
1. Walter Lowrie et al., eds., American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive of the Congress of the United States (Washington: n.p., 1832–1861), 621.
2. Ibid., 622–23.
3. Irving Brant, James Madison: Commander in Chief, 1812–1836 (New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1961), 239–41.
4. James F. Hopkins, ed., The Papers of Henry Clay: Volume 1—The Rising Statesman, 1797–1814 (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1959), 866.
5. Ibid., 869.
6. George F. G. Stanley, The War of 1812: Land Operations (Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1983), 333–34.
7. Brant, 254.
8. Francis F. Beirne, The War of 1812 (Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1965), 246–49.
9. J. C. A. Stagg, Mr. Madison’s War: Politics, Diplomacy, and Warfare in the Early American Republic, 1783–1830 (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1983), 366–78.
10. Ibid., 380–86.
11.J. Mackay Hitsman, The Incredible War of 1812: A Military History (Toronto: Robin Brass Studio, 1999), 201.
12. Brian Jenkins, Henry Goulburn, 1784–1856: A Political Biography (Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1996), 81.
13. Bradford Perkins, Castlereagh and Adams: England and the United States, 1812–1823 (Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1964), 36.
14. A. T. Mahan, Sea Power in its Relation to the War of 1812, vol. 2 (Boston: Little, Brown, 1905), 330–31.
15. Ibid., 331.
16. Hitsman, 238.
17. Ibid.
18. Theodore Roosevelt, The Naval War of 1812 (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1882), 262.
19. Hitsman, 238.
20. Roosevelt, 263.
21. Reginald Horsman, The War of 1812 (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969), 138–40.
22. Hitsman, 219.
23. Roosevelt, 321–23.
24. Pierre Berton, Flames Across the Border: 1813–1814 (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1981), 277–78.
25. Ibid., 322.
26. Hitsman, 209–10.
27. Ibid., 211–12.
28. Brant, 257.
29. Hitsman, 216–17.
30. Brant, 266–67.
TWENTY: GREAT OBSTACLES TO ACCOMODATION
1. Count Gallatin, ed., The Diary of James Gallatin: Secretary to Albert Gallatin—A Great Peace Maker, 1813–1827 (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1920), 14.
2. Frank A. Updyke, The Diplomacy of the War of 1812 (Gloucester, MA: Peter Smith, 1965), 187–88.
3. Henry Adams, ed., The Writings of Albert Gallatin (New York: Antiquarian Press, 1960), 602–3.
4. Elizabeth Donnan, ed., “Papers of James A. Bayard, 1796–1815,” Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1913, 1915: 286.
5. Adams, 602.
6. Ibid., 612–13.
7. Gallatin, 21.
8. Adams, 605–6.
9. James F. Hopkins, ed., The Papers of Henry Clay: Volume 1—The Rising Statesman, 1797–1814 (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1959), 890–91.
10. Donnan, 306–8.
11. Worthington Chauncey Ford, ed., Writings of John Quincy Adams: Volume V—1814–1816 (New York: Greenwood Press, 1968), 48.
12. Charles Francis Adams, ed., Memoirs of John Quincy Adams, vol. 2 (Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1969), 641–44.
13. Henry Adams, 632.
14. Ibid., 627.
15. Bathurst to Prevost, Colonial Office fonds, MG 11-CO 42, vol. 23, Library and Archives Canada.
16. Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee, eds., The Dictionary of National Biography (London: Oxford University Press, 1937–1938), 108.
17. Lee Bienkowski, Admirals in the Age of Nelson (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2003), 152–69.
18. Brian Jenkins, Henry Goulburn, 1784–1856: A Political Biography (Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1996), 80.
19. Charles Francis Adams, 652.
20. Ford, 50–51.
21. Ibid., 52–57.
22. Charles Francis Adams, 656–67.
23. Gallatin, 27.
24. Charles Francis Adams, 657.
25. Ibid., 657–58.
26. Fred L. Engelman, The Peace of Christmas Eve (London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1962), 119.
27. Gallatin, 27.
28. Raymond Walters, Jr., Albert Gallatin: Jeffersonian Financier and Diplomat (New York: Macmillan, 1957), 274.
29. Ford, 64.
30. Ibid., 64–65.
31. Ibid., 68.
TWENTYONE: SUMMER OF STALEMATE
1. Irving Brant, James Madison: Commander in Chief, 1812–1836 (New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1961), 277.
2. Ibid., 271–72.
3. J. C. A. Stagg, Mr. Madison’s War: Politics, Diplomacy, and Warfare in the Early American Republic, 1783–1830 (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1983), 408.
4. Brant, 272.
5. Stagg, 409–11.
6. Reginald Horsman, The War of 1812 (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969), 175–76.
7. George F. G. Stanley, The War of 1812: Land Operations (Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1983), 300.
8. Donald R. Hickey, The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict (Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1989), 185.
9. Stanley, 311–13.
10. Horsman, 177.
11. Stanley, 315–18.
12. Ibid., 321.
13. Pierre Berton, Flames Across the Border: 1813–1814 (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1981), 340–41.
14. J. Mackay Hitsman, The Incredible War of 1812: A Military History (Toronto: Robin Brass Studio, 1999), 229.
15. Prevost to Bathurst, August 14, 1814, Colonial Office fonds, MG 11–CO 42, vol. 157, Library and Archives Canada, 42.
16. Stanley, 325–26.
17. William Dunlop, Tiger Dunlop’s Upper Canada: Comprising Recollections of the American War 1812–1814, by a Backwoodsman (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1967), 64–67.
18. Stanley, 326–27.
19. Ibid., 328–29.
20. Ibid., 329.
21. Horsman, 183.
22. Stanley, 331.
23. Ibid., 331–32.
24. Ibid., 343–44.
25. Ibid., 337.
26. Berton, 363–64.
27. Horsman, 156–57.
28. Ralph Ketcham, James Madison: A Biography (New York: Macmillan, 1971), 575.
29. Stagg, 414–15.
30. Ibid., 416.
TWENTY-TWO: A SINE QUA NON
1. Bradford Perkins, Castlereagh and Adams: England and the United States, 1812–1823 (Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1964), 60.
2. Charles William Vane, ed., Correspondence, Despatches and Other Papers of Viscount Castlereagh, Second Marquess of Londonderry (London: John Murray, 1853), 68.
3. Ibid., 68–72.
4. Charles Francis Adams, ed., Memoirs of John Quincy Adams, vol. 3 (Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1969), 3.
5. Fred L. Engelman, The Peace of Christmas Eve (London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1962), 127.
6. Adams, 3–5.
7. James F. Hopkins, ed., The Papers of Henry Clay: Volume 1—The Rising Statesman, 1797–1814 (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1959), 953.
8. Adams, 5.
9. Perkins, 71.
10. Adams, 6.
11. Perkins, 72.
12. Adams, 6.
13. Hopkins, 954.
14. Adams, 6.
15. Count Gallatin, ed., The Diary of James Gallatin: Secretary to Albert Gallatin—A Great Peace Maker, 1813–1827 (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1920), 27–28.
16. Frank A. Updyke, The Diplomacy of the War of 1812 (Gloucester, MA: Peter Smith, 1965), 205–6.
17. Worthington Chauncey Ford, ed., Writings of John Quincy Adams: Volume V—1814–1816 (New York: Greenwood Press, 1968), 74.
18. “Letters from Henry Goulburn to Earl Bathurst: August 9th to December 30th, 1814,” Lord Bathurst Papers, Reel H-2091, vol. A 8, MG 24, Library and Archives Canada, 190–95.
19. Ibid., 190–91.
20. Adams, 11–13.
21. Elizabeth Donnan, ed., “Papers of James A. Bayard, 1796–1815,” Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1913, 1915: 316.
22. Ford, 83.
23. Perkins, 61.
24. Brian Jenkins, Henry Goulburn, 1784–1856: A Political Biography (Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1996), 84.
25. Ford, 83.
26. Adams, 14–15.
27. Ford, 89.
28. Vane, 86–91.
29. “Letters from Henry Goulburn to Earl Bathurst,” 196–99.
TWENTY-THREE: A CAPITAL BURNED, A CAMPAIGN LOST
1. Charles Francis Adams, ed., Memoirs of John Quincy Adams, vol. 3 (Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1969), 19.
2. Bradford Perkins, Castlereagh and Adams: England and the United States, 1812–1823 (Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1964), 78.
3. Duke of Wellington, ed., Supplementary Dispatches, Correspondence, and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur Duke of Wellington, K.G., vol. 9 (London: John Murray, 1862), 192–93.
4. Ibid.
5. Worthington Chauncey Ford, ed., Writings of John Quincy Adams: Volume V—1814–1816 (New York: Greenwood Press, 1968), 90.
6. James F. Hopkins, ed., The Papers of Henry Clay: Volume 1—The Rising Statesman, 1797–1814 (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1959), 968.
7. Henry Adams, ed., The Writings of Albert Gallatin (New York: Antiquarian Press, 1960), 637–39.
8. J. Mackay Hitsman, The Incredible War of 1812: A Military History (Toronto: Robin Brass Studio, 1999), 241–43.
9. Harry Ammon, James Monroe: The Quest For National Identity (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1971), 331–33.
10. Donald R. Hickey, The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict (Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1989), 198.
11. G. R. Gleig, The Campaigns of the British Army at Was
hington and New Orleans, 1814–1815 (London: John Murray, 1827), n.p.
12. Hitsman, 243.
13. Ralph Ketcham, James Madison: A Biography (New York: Macmillan, 1971), 578–79.
14. J. S. Williams, History of the Invasion and Capture of Washington (New York: n.p., 1857), 274–75.
15. Reginald Horsman, The War of 1812 (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969), 200–201.
16. Hickey, 199–201.
17. Raymond Walters, Jr., Albert Gallatin: Jeffersonian Financier and Diplomat (New York: Macmillan, 1957), 262.
18. Ketcham, 581–82.
19. Irving Brant, James Madison: Commander in Chief, 1812–1836 (New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1961), 323.
20. Ketcham, 582–83.
21. Horsman, 203.
22. Ibid., 204.
23. Ibid., 206–7.
24. Hickey, 203–4.
25. George F. G. Stanley, The War of 1812: Land Operations (Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1983), 369.
26. Horsman, 163–64.
27. Stanley, 343–44.
28. Horsman, 189–92.
29. Stanley, 348–49.
30. Brant, 325.
TWENTY-FOUR: BREAKING POINTS
1. State Papers, on the Negotiation and Peace with America, 1814 (London: Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1815), 35–38.
2. Ibid., 33–35.
3. Charles Francis Adams, ed., Memoirs of John Quincy Adams, vol. 3 (Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1969), 20–22.
4. “Letters from Henry Goulburn to Earl Bathurst: August 9th to December 30th, 1814,” Lord Bathurst Papers, Reel H-2091, vol. A 8, MG 24, Library and Archives Canada, 200–202.
5. Adams, 20–23.
6. State Papers, on the Negotiation and Peace with America, 1814, 39–45.
7. “Letters from Henry Goulburn to Earl Bathurst,” 203–4.
8. Charles William Vane, ed., Correspondence, Despatches and Other Papers of Viscount Castlereagh, Second Marquess of Londonderry (London: John Murray, 1853), 101–2.
9. Duke of Wellington, ed., Supplementary Dispatches, Correspondence, and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur Duke of Wellington, K.G., vol. 9 (London: John Murray, 1862), 214.
10. Worthington Chauncey Ford, ed., Writings of John Quincy Adams: Volume V—1814–1816 (New York: Greenwood Press, 1968), 108.
11. “Letters from Henry Goulburn to Earl Bathurst,” 206.