-
The Battle of Tippecanoe was an American victory over the Native Americans it took place in the Old Northwest, North of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi RIver.
-
President James Madison signed a declaration of war against Great Britain, marking the beginning of the War of 1812.
-
Four months after the Americans declared war a battle had begun in Queenston, Canada, resulting in an American victory.
-
The River Raisin militia was called into service to build a military road which was to link Detroit with Ohio.
-
A small British army with support from Indians attempted to capture the recently constructed fort to forestall an American offensive against Detroit, which the British had captured the previous year.
-
Sackets Harbor became the center of American naval and military activity for the upper St. Lawrence Valley and Lake Ontario.
-
General William Henry Harrison led an army of 3,500 American troops against a combined force of eight hundred British soldiers and five hundred American Indian warriors at Moraviantown, the battle resulted in an American victory.
-
The British night attack was successful, and the fort remained in British hands for the remainder of the war.
-
Both British and American armies were evenly matched and the six-hour battle lasted until darkness and heavy losses put an end to the fighting.
-
The battle was a British victory making Washington D.C. and easier target for British invasion.
-
Invading British troops marched into Washington and set fire to the U.S. Capitol, the President's Mansion, and other local landmarks.
-
Fort McHenry had a short period peace which allowed the fort to be an outpost for the small standing army of the United States, and the country’s first light artillery unit was organized there.
-
The Treaty of Ghent was signed by British and American representatives at Ghent, Belgium, ending the War of 1812.
-
In the bloody Battle of New Orleans, future President Andrew Jackson and a motley assortment of militia fighters, frontiersmen, slaves, Indians and even pirates weathered a frontal assault by a superior British force, inflicting devastating casualties along the way.
-
War descended upon Mackinac Island as a combined force of British, Canadian, and Native American soldiers captured Fort Mackinac from a small, unsuspecting American force.