"A solemn question" : Washington, D.C., June 1812 / James Madison (War Message to Congress) --
"An immediate appeal to Arms" : Washington, D.C., June 1812 / U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Foreign Relations (Report on the Causes and Reasons for War) --
"A solecism worthy of Don Quixot" : Virginia, May 1812 / Thomas Jefferson to James Madison --
"The spirit of the whole people is on fire" : Tennessee, June 1812 / Andrew Jackson to Willie Blount --
"All this Island will rise as one man" : Northwestern Frontier, June 1812 / Tecumseh (Message from the Confederate Nations to Their British Allies and Huron Brothers) --
"Trade & fight, & fight & trade" : Washington, D.C., June 1812 / James Monroe to John Taylor --
"The last resort of injured Nations" : Washington, D.C., June 1812 / James Madison (Proclamation of War) --
"Long live America" : Baltimore, June 1812 / Hezekiah Niles ("War against England") --
Canada, Commerce, and War : Virginia, June 1812 / Thomas Jefferson to James Madison --
"What are the United States to gain by this war?" : Washington, D.C., June 1812 / Thirty-four Members of the U.S. House of Representatives (from "An Address of the Minority to Their Constituents") --
Silencing the Anti-War Press : Baltimore, Summer 1812 / Maryland House of Delegates, Committee of Grievances and Courts of Justice (Report on the Baltimore Riots) --
"Your country calls" : Washington, D.C., July 1812 / Israel Pickens (Circular Letter to His Constituents in North Carolina) --
"It is a war fraught with ruin" : Boston, July 1812 / William Ellery Channing (A Sermon, Preached in Boston, July 23, 1812, the Day of the Publick Fast) --
"I come to find enemies not to make them" : Upper Canada, July 1812 / William Hull (Proclamation) --
"Repel the invader" : Upper Canada, July 1812 / Isaac Brock (Proclamation) --
With Tecumseh and the British : Northwestern Frontier, July-August 1812 / Thomas Verchères de Boucherville (Journal) --
The Fort Dearborn Massacre, Northwestern Frontier, August 1812 / Nathan Heald to Thomas H. Cushing --
Massachusetts Defiant : Boston, August 1812 / Caleb Strong to William Eustis --
"The wheels of war" : Washington, D.C., August 1812 / James Madison to Thomas Jefferson --
Hull's Capitulation : Michigan Territory, August 1812 / Robert Lucas (Journal) --
A Ballad of Detroit : Upper Canada, August 1812 / Cornelius Flummerfelt ("The Bold Canadian") --
"Old Ironsides" Captures HMS Guerrière : North Atlantic, August 1812 / Moses Smith (from Naval Scenes in the Last War) --
De Witt Clinton for President : New York City, August 1812 / New-York City Committee of Correspondence (from Address ... in Support of the Nomination of The Hon. De Witt Clinton) --
Advice to America's Indian Friends : Washington, D.C., August 1812 / James Madison (Address to the Delegations of Several Indian Nations) --
Alarm and Distrust in New York : Niagara Frontier, August 1812 / Stephen Van Rensselaer to Daniel D. Tompkins --
Siege of Fort Wayne : Northwestern Frontier, September 1812 / Daniel Curtis to Jacob Kingsbury --
Circumstances and William Hull : Lower Canada, September 1812 / A. W. Cochran (from a letter to Rebecca Cochran) --
Fifteen Reasons for War on America : Upper Canada, September 1812 / John Strachan to John Richardson --
Yankee Ingenuity : Pennsylvania, October 1812 / George McFeely (Diary) --
Battle of Queenston Heights : Upper Canada, October 1812 / Jared Willson to Alvan Stewart --
The British-Indian Alliance : Upper Canada, November 1812 / John Strachan to William Wilberforce --
"The hour of renown" : Niagara Frontier, November 1812 / Alexander Smyth (Proclamation) --
A Chronicle of Wretchedness : Northwestern Frontier, September 1812-January 1813 / William Atherton (from Narrative of the Suffering & Defeat of the North-Western Army) --
Battle of the Mississinewa River : Northwestern Frontier, December 1812 / William B. Northcutt (Diary) --
"Remember the Raisin!" : Northwestern Frontier, January 1813 / Elias Darnell (Journal) --
War and the American Character : Washington, D.C., March 1813 / James Madison (Second Inaugural Address) --
The Rules of Engagement : London, March 1813 / Henry, Earl Bathurst to Sir Thomas Sidney Beckwith --
Battle of York : Upper Canada, April 1813 / Patrick Finan (from "Recollections of Canada") -- Siege of Fort Meigs, Ohio, May 1813 / John Richardson (from "A Canadian Campaign") -- Tyrants of Land and Sea, Virginia, May 1813 / Thomas Jefferson to Madame de Staël -- "The flag from Fort George", Upper Canada, May 1813 / George McFeely (Diary) -- Battle of Sackets Harbor, Upstate New York, May 1813 / John Le Couteur (Journal) -- Life Aboard a British Prison Ship, Lower Canada, June-August 1813 / Joseph Penley Jr. (from The Sanguinary and Cruel War of 1812-14) -- HMS Shannon Defeats USS Chesapeake, Massachusetts Bay, June 1813 / Philip B.V. Broke to John Borlase Warren -- "Party sperit", Washington, D.C., June 1813 / John C. Calhoun to James Macbride -- A Canadian Paul Revere, Upper Canada, June 1813 / Laura Ingersoll Secord (Incident at Beaver Dams) -- Battle of Beaver Dams, Upper Canada, June 1813 / John Le Couteur (Journal) -- The President in Peril, Washington, D.C., June 1813 / James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson -- British Atrocities at Hampton, Virginia, June 1813 / "P." (Richard E. Parker) to the Richmond Enquirer -- The Death of Joseph C. Eldridge, Upper Canada, July 1813 / Blackbird (Message from the Ottawa Nation to William Claus) -- Skirmish on the Sandusky, Ohio, July 1813 / William B. Northcutt (Diary) -- Battle of Fort Stephenson, Ohio, August 1813 / George Croghan to William Henry Harrison -- The White Man's Way of War, Northwestern Frontier, Summer 1813 / Black Hawk (from Life of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak or Black Hawk) -- Storm and Shipwreck, Lake Ontario, August 1813 / James Fenimore Cooper (from Ned Myers; or, A Life Before the Mast) -- The Wounded of USS Argus, Southwest Coast of Britain, August 1813 / James Inderwick (Journal) -- A Brawl with Andrew Jackson, Nashville, September 1813 / Thomas Hart Benton (Broadside) -- "We have met the enemy and they are ours", Lake Erie, September 1813 / Philip Freneau ("The Battle of Lake Erie") -- "The nerve of a hero", Lake Erie, September 1813 / Washington Irving ("Biographical Memoir of Commodore Perry") -- "We are determined to defend our lands", Upper Canada, September 1813 / Tecumseh (Speech to Henry Procter) -- Battle of the Thames, Upper Canada, September-October 1813 / John Richardson (from War of 1812) -- An Armistice with the Indians, Northwestern Frontier, October 1813 / William Henry Harrison (Proclamation) -- Indian Grievances, Niagara Frontier, October 1813 / Red Jacket (Message to Erastus Granger) -- Terror, Delight, and Thoughts of Home, Upper Canada, October 1813 / John Le Couteur to Philip Bouton -- Battle of Châteauguay, Lower Canada, October 1813 / Robert Purdy to James Wilkinson -- Runaway Slaves in the Chesapeake, Maryland, Summer-Fall 1813 / Charles Ball (from Slavery in the United States: A Narrative) -- American Characteristics, Maryland, Winter 1813-14 / James Scott (from Recollections of a Naval Life) -- A British Editor Interviews the President, Washington, D.C., November 1813 / Francis Jeffrey (A Conversation with James Madison) -- "If Canada is conquered", Washington, D.C., December 1813 / Henry Clay to Thomas Bodley --
The Case Against George McClure : Niagara Frontier, December 1813 / Cyrenius Chapin to the Buffalo Gazette --
Revenge by Fire : Niagara Frontier, December 1813 / Eber D. Howe (from "Recollections of a Pioneer Printer") --
The Burning of Black Rock and Buffalo : Niagara Frontier, December 1813 / Amos Hall to Daniel D. Tompkins --
"A full measure of retaliation" : Upper Canada, January 1814 / George Prevost (Proclamation) --
Across the Northern Ice : Saint John, New Brunswick-Kingston, Upper Canada, Winter 1814 / Henry Kent (A Winter's March) --
Prosecuting War on America : Garris, France, February 1814 / Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington, to Henry, Earl Bathurst --
Fighting Words, Valparaiso Harbor, Chile : March 1814 / The Crew of USS Essex to the Crew of HMS Phoebe --
"Your vile infamy" : Valparaiso Harbor, Chile, March 1814 / A Midshipman of HMS Phoebe to the Crew of USS Essex --
The Capture of USS Essex : Off Valparaiso, Chile, March 1814 / David G. Farragut (from The Life of David Glasgow Farragut) --
Words Before an Execution : Mississippi Territory, March 1814 / Andrew Jackson to John Wood --
Battle of Horseshoe Bend : Mississippi Territory, March 1814 / Andrew Jackson to Rachel Jackson --
British Unrest at Fort Niagara : Niagara Frontier, March 1814 / Robert Young to Phineas Riall --
Second Battle of Lacolle Mill : Lower Canada, March 1814 / George McFeely (Diary) --
The Rough Allies of Dartmoor : Devon, England, Spring-Summer 1814 / Benjamin F. Browne (from "Papers of an old Dartmoor Prisoner") --
A British Appeal to American Slaves : Bermuda, April 1814 / Alexander Cochrane (Proclamation) --
"The Attila of the age dethroned" : Virginia, April 1814 / Thomas Jefferson (from a letter to John Adams) --
British Aims in North America : London, June 1814 / Henry, Earl Bathurst to George Prevost --
"Pride and vindictive passions" : London, June 1814 / Albert Gallatin to James Monroe --
Battle of Sandy Creek : Upstate New York, May 1814 / Stephen Popham to James Yeo --
Carrying the Cable : Upstate New York, May-June 1814 / N.W. Hibbard to Alvin Hunt --
A Tale of Five Deserters : Niagara Frontier, June 1814 / Jarvis Hanks (Memoir) --
The U.S. Wounded at Fort Erie : Niagara Frontier, July 1814 / William E. Horner (from "Surgical Sketches") --
Battle of Chippawa : Upper Canada, July 1814 / Winfield Scott (from Memoirs of Lieutenant-General Scott) --
"A higher destiny" : Lake Ontario, August 1814 / Isaac Chauncey to Jacob Brown --
Battle of Lundy's Lane : Upper Canada, July 1814 / John Le Couteur (Journal) --
A British Surgeon's Lot : Upper Canada, July 1814 / William Dunlop (from "Recollections") --
The Loss of an Arm : Upper Canada, August 1814 / Shadrach Byfield (from "Narrative of a Light Company Soldier's Service") --
Battle of Fort Erie : Upper Canada, August 1814 / John Le Couteur (Journal) --
The Day After Fort Erie : Upper Canada, August 1814 / Jarvis Hanks (Memoir) --
The Treaty of Fort Jackson : Mississippi Territory, August 1814 / Andrew Jackson (Address to the Cherokee and Creek Nations) --
"Think for your red friends" : Mississippi Territory, August 1814 / Big Warrior to Benjamin Hawkins --
"Destroy & lay waste" : Bermuda, July 1814 / Alexander Cochrane to Commanding Officers of the North American Station --
British Depredations in Chesapeake Bay : Maryland and Virginia, August 1814 / Robert Rowley to Owsley Rowley --
From Benedict to Bladensburg : Maryland, August 1814 / Dr James Scott (from Recollections of a Naval Life) --
Battle of Bladensburg : Maryland, August 1814 / Joshua Barney to William Jones --
"Dear sister, I must leave this house" : Washington, D.C., August 1814 / Dolley Madison to Lucy Payne Washington Todd --
A Slave's View from the White House : Washington, D.C., August 1814 / Paul Jennings (from A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James Madison) --
Storming the Capital : Washington, D.C., August 1814 / George R. Gleig (from The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans, 1814-15) --
"The most suicidal act ever committed" : Washington, D.C., August 1814 / Mary Stockton Hunter to Susan Stockton Cuthbert --
The British Retreat from the Capital : Washington, D.C., August 1814 / George R. Gleig (from The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans, 1814-15) --
A U.S. Blockade of the British Isles : London, August 1814 / Thomas Boyle (Proclamation) --
Battle of Caulk's Field : Maryland, August 1814 / Philip Reed to Benjamin Chambers --
Death of a Kinsman : London, August 1814 / George Gordon, Lord Byron ("Elegiac Stanzas on the Death of Sir Peter Parker, Bart.") --
The Bombardment of Fort McHenry : Maryland, September 1814 / Isaac Monroe to a Friend in Boston --
"The Star-Spangled Banner" : Maryland, September 1814 / Francis Scott Key ("Defence of Fort M'Henry") --
The Life and Legend of Francis Scott Key : Maryland, September 1814 / Roger B. Taney to Charles Howard --
Thinning the Ranks at Fort Erie : Upper Canada, Summer 1814 / William Dunlop (from "Recollections") --
The New York Militia Redeemed : Niagara Frontier, September 1814 / Jarvis Hanks (Memoir) --
Battle of Lake Champlain : Upstate New York, September 1814 / Thomas Macdonough to William Jones --
The Library of Congress : Virginia, September 1814 / Thomas Jefferson to Samuel H. Smith --
A Naval Battle in a Neutral Harbor : Fayal, Azores, September 1814 / Samuel C. Reid to the New-York Mercantile Advertiser --
Democracy and Royalty in Dartmoor : Devon, England, Fall 1814 / Benjamin F. Browne (from "Papers of an old Dartmoor Prisoner") --
The British Terms for Peace : Washington, D.C., October 1814 / Timothy Pickering to Caleb Strong --
Ways, Means, and Ends of an Ongoing War : Virginia, October 1814 / Thomas Jefferson to James Madison --
A Federalist Calls for a Convention : Philadelphia, October 1814 / Charles Willing Hare to Harrison Gray Otis --
The "Federal States" of America : Halifax, November 1814 / John C. Sherbrooke to Henry, Earl Bathurst --
Wellington Weighs In : Paris, November 1814 / The Duke of Wellington to the Earl of Liverpool --
"Is this civil liberty?" : Washington, D.C., December 1814 / Daniel Webster ("Speech on the Conscription Bill") --
The Peace of Christmas Eve : Ghent, December 1814 / Treaty of Peace and Amity between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America --
"As favorable as could be expected" : Ghent, December 1814 / Albert Gallatin to James Monroe --
The Prime Minister on the Peace : London, December 1814 / The Earl of Liverpool to George Canning --
Target New Orleans : Louisiana, December 1814 / George R. Gleig (from The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans, 1814-15) --
Battle of Lake Borgne : Louisiana, December 1814 / Thomas ap Catesby Jones to Daniel T. Patterson --
"If the Union be destined to dissolution" : Connecticut, December 1814-January 1815 / Harrison Gray Otis and Fellow Delegates from New England (Report and Resolutions of the Hartford Convention) --
"A most murderous fire" : Louisiana, January 1815 / Harry Smith (from Autobiography) --
"Like a sea of blood" : Louisiana, January 1815 / A Kentucky Soldier's Accunt of the Battle of New Orleans --
Reckoning the Loss : Louisiana, January 1815 / Harry Smith (from Autobiography) --
Report on the Battle of New Orleans : Louisiana, January 1815 / Andrew Jackson to James Monroe --
The "Robespierres of Massachusetts" : Virginia, February 1815 / Thomas Jefferson to Marquis de Lafayette --
The War Ends : Washington, D.C., February 1815 / James Madison (Special Message to Congress) --
"We have gloriously triumphed!" : Massachusetts, February 1815 / National Aegis ("The Peace") --
A Commander's Farewell : Lower Canada, March 1815 / George Prevost (General Order) --
The Dartmoor Massacre : Devon, England, April 1815 / Lewis Peter Clover (from "Reminiscences of a Dartmoor Prisoner") --
An Uncertain Peace : Ealing, England, August 1815 / John Quincy Adams to William Eustis --
Mr. Madison's War : Washington, D.C., December 1815 / James Madison (Seventh Annual Message to Congress) --
