A History, of the War of 1812-15 Between the United States and Great Britain (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Military Campaigns, Naval Battles, and the Struggle for American SovereigntyBy Rossiter Johnson
Length8h 44m
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Rossiter Johnson's *A History of the War of 1812-15 Between the United States and Great Britain* offers a compact yet wide-ranging account of the conflict born from maritime impressment, commercial restrictions, frontier violence, and the fraught politics of the early American republic. Moving from the diplomatic crises and congressional debates that preceded the declaration of war through campaigns on land and sea, the burning of Washington, the defense of Baltimore, and the Battle of New Orleans, Johnson balances military narrative with constitutional and national context. His lucid, chronological prose belongs to the late-nineteenth-century tradition of accessible civic history: patriotic in tone, but attentive to the war's ambiguities, miscalculations, and contested consequences for both nations. Johnson (1840–1931) was an American editor, literary organizer, and prolific writer whose career joined historical instruction to the cultivation of a national literary culture. His experience preparing encyclopedic and biographical works helped shape the book's orderly structure, broad survey, and emphasis on memorable episodes and public figures. Writing decades after the conflict, he interpreted the war through the lens of a more consolidated United States, while preserving the tensions between regional interests, military aspiration, and republican ideals that had marked the period itself. This volume is recommended to readers seeking a reliable introduction to the War of 1812 and to students interested in how nineteenth-century Americans remembered their formative conflicts. It is especially valuable as a readable complement to specialized military or diplomatic studies, inviting comparison between patriotic national memory and the complex historical record.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
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GenreHistory
Length8 hrs 44 mins
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Publish dateAug 16, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1A History, of the War of 1812-15 Between the United States and Great Britain (Annotated)
2CHAPTER I.—CAUSES OF THE WAR.
3CHAPTER II. THE DETROIT CAMPAIGN.
4CHAPTER III. FIGHTS WITH THE INDIANS.
5CHAPTER IV. THE 'BATTLE OF QUEENSTOWN.
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6CHAPTER V. WAR ON THE OCEAN.
7CHAPTER VI. MINOR BATTLES IN THE WEST.
8CHAPTER VII. WAR ON THE LAKES.
9CHAPTER VIII. BATTLE OF THE THAMES.
10CHAPTER IX. WILKINSON'S EXPEDITION.
11CHAPTER X. WAR IN THE SOUTH.
12CHAPTER XI. NAVAL BATTLES OF 1813
13CHAPTER XII. PRIVATEERS.
14CHAPTER XIII. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.—CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE CREEKS.
15CHAPTER XIV. BROWN'S CAMPAIGN ON THE NIAGARA.
16CHAPTER XV. THE SECOND INVASION OF NEW YORK.
17CHAPTER XVI. OPERATIONS ALONG THE COAST.
18CHAPTER XVII. THE WASHINGTON CAMPAIGN.
19CHAPTER XVIII. NAVAL BATTLES OF 1814.
20CHAPTER XIX. THE HARTFORD CONVENTION.
21CHAPTER XX. THE CAMPAIGN ON THE GULF COAST.
22CHAPTER XXI. PEACE.
23Memorable Quotes
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