Battle of Stoney Creek
June 22
Laura Secord’s walk to Beaver Dams
June 24
Battle of Beaver Dams
July 26–28
Procter’s forces fail to capture Fort Meigs
July 31
Americans again occupy York Captain Robert Barclay lifts blockade of Presque Isle
August 1–4
Captain Oliver Perry takes his fleet out of Presque Isle
August 2
Procter’s forces fail to take Fort Stephenson
August 8
During the night, U.S.S. Hamilton and Scourge sink in Lake Ontario off Twelve Mile Creek
September 3
U.S.S. Enterprise captures H.M.S. Boxer
September 10
Battle of Lake Erie, Perry defeats Barclay
September 27
General Procter begins retreat from Fort Malden
October 5
Battle of the Thames (Moraviantown) and death of Tecumseh
October 16–19
Battle of the Nations (Leipzig), Napoleon defeated in Germany
October 25
Battle of Chateauguay
November
British forces under Wellington invade France
November 11
Battle of Crysler’s Farm
December 10
Brigadier-General George McClure’s forces burn Newark and retreat to Fort Niagara
December 19
British capture Fort Niagara and burn Lewiston
December 29
British forces burn Black Rock and Buffalo
1814
January
Russian and allied troops invade France; American delegates sail for Europe to open peace negotiations
March 21
U.S.S. Essex is destroyed at anchorage off Valparaiso, Chile, by two British vessels
March 30
Wilkinson is defeated at Lacolle
March 31
The allies capture Paris
April 11
Napoleon abdicates
April 29
U.S.S. Peacock captures H.M.S. Epervier
May 6
British forces raid Oswego American forces capture Prairie du Chien and the British recapture it on July 20
May 23–June 21
Treason trials at Ancaster, UC
June 2–5
William Clark, Governor of Missouri Territory, takes possession of Prairie du Chien and begins to build Fort Shelby
July 3
Major-General Jacob Brown invades Upper Canada and captures Fort Erie
July 5
Battle of Chippawa
July 11
British invade Maine
July 19
American troops burn St. David’s British regain control of Prairie du Chien
July 21
Indians defeat an American force at Rock Island Rapids
July 25
Battle of Lundy’s Lane
August 3
Lieutenant-General Gordon Drummond begins siege of Fort Erie Battle of Black Rock (Conjocta Creek)
August 4–5
Lieutenant-Colonel George Croghan’s attack on Michilimackinac fails
August 15
Drummond’s assault on Fort Erie fails
August 19–25
British forces raid U.S. east coast, capture Washington, and burn public buildings
September 1
British seize part of eastern Maine. Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost invades United States and reaches Plattsburgh on the 6th. U.S.S. Wasp sinks H.M.S. Avon
September 3–5
British forces capture U.S.S. Tigress and U.S.S. Scorpion
September 10
H.M.S. St. Lawrence launched at Kingston
September 11
Captain Thomas Macdonough defeats British naval force in Plattsburgh Bay and Prevost orders his army to retreat.
September 12–15
British attack on Baltimore
September 17
Successful American sortie from Fort Erie against Drummond’s batteries
October 19
Skirmish at Cook’s Mills on Lyon’s Creek
November 5
American troops blow up Fort Erie and withdraw across the Niagara River
December 10
British troops land near mouth of Mississippi River
December 24
Treaty of Ghent signed
1815
January 8
Battle of New Orleans
March 23
U.S.S. Hornet captures H.M.S. Penguin in last naval action of the war
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READING—
Allen, Robert S. His Majesty’s Indian Allies: British Indian Policy in the Defence of Canada, 1774–1815. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1992.
Altoff, Gerard T. Amongst My Best Men: African-Americans and the War of 1812. Put-in-Bay, Ohio, The Perry Group, 1996.
Ballantyne, Lareine. The Scout Who Led an Army. Toronto: Macmillan, 1963. A novel about Billy Green.
Benn, Carl. The Iroquois in the War of 1812. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998.
Dunlop, William. Tiger Dunlop’s Upper Canada. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1967.
Edmunds, R.D. Tecumseh and the Quest for Indian Leadership. Edited by 0. Handlin. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1984.
Graves, Donald E. Field of Glory: The Battle of Crysler’s Farm,1813. Toronto: Robin Brass Studio, 1999.
— — —, ed. Merry Hearts Make Light Days: The War of 1812 Journal of Lieutenant John Le Couteur, 104th Foot. Ottawa: Carleton University Press, 1993.
— — —. Where Right and Glory Lead! The Battle of Lundy’s Lane, 1814. Toronto: Robin Brass Studio, 1997 (revised version of his The Battle Lundy’s Lane on the Niagara in 1814. Baltimore: Nautical & Aviation Publishing Co., 1993.
— — —. Red Coats & Grey Jackets: The Battle of Chippawa, 5 July 1814. Toronto, Dundurn Press, 1994.
— — —, ed. Soldiers of 1814: American Enlisted Men’s Memoirs of the Niagara Campaign. Youngstown, NY: Old Fort Niagara Association, 1995.
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Hayes, John F. Treason at York. Copp Clark, n.d. A novel of 1812–13 for young readers.
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McKenzie, Ruth. Laura Secord: The Lady and the Legend. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1971.
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Allan, William
Amherstburg
Armstrong, John
Baltimore, attack on
Barclay, Capt. Robert H.
Beaver Dams
Battle of
Bladensburg Races
Boyd, Brig.-Gen. John P
British/Indian relations
Brock, Maj.-Gen. Isaac
coat
Broke, Capt. Philip
Brown, Major-General Jacob
Brownstown
Buffalo
burning of
Buffalo Harbour
Burlington Bay
Canadian Fencibles
Canadian Volunteers
Chateauguay, Battle of
Chauncey, Capt. Isaac
Chesapeake, frigate
Chesapeake Bay
Chippawa
Battle of
scene of the battle
Clopton, John
Cochrane, Vice Admiral Sir Alexander
Constitution, frigate
Corps of Artificers (The Coloured Corps)
Craig, Governor James
Croghan, Lt.-Col. George
Crysler’s Farm, Battle of
Dearborn, Maj.-Gen. Henry
De Cew, John
De Rottenburg, Maj.-Gen. Baron Francis
De Salaberry, Lt.-Col. Charles-Michel d’Irrumberry
Detroit
capture of
Detroit Frontier
Dickson, Robert
Downie, Capt. George
Drummond, Lt.-Gen. Gordon
Dunlop, Dr. William
Elliott, Col. Matthew
FitzGibbon, Lt. James
Fort Drummond
Fort Erie
British Assault on
reburial of American soldiers from
Fort George
Fort Henry
Fort Malden
Fort Meigs
Fort Mississauga
Fort Niagara
Fort St. Joseph
Fort York, See York
Frenchtown, Battle of
Gaines, Brig.-Gen. Edmund P
Gallatin, Albert
General Hunter, schooner
General Pike
Glengarry light Infantry Fencibles
Grand River Indians
Granger, Erastus
Green, Billy
Hamilton, gunboat
Hampton, Maj.-Gen. Wade
Hanks, Lt. Porter
Harrison, Governor William Henry
Harvey, Lt.-Col. John
Hull, Brig.-Gen. William
Ile aux Noix
Izard, Maj.-Gen. George Izard
Jackson, Maj.-Gen. Andrew
at Battle of New Orleans
Kingston
Lacolle Mill, battle of
Lake Champlain
Battle of
Lake Erie
Battle of
Lake Huron
Lake Ontario
naval battle on
Lawrence, Capt. James
Loyal and Patriotic Society of Upper Canada
Lundy’s Lane, battle of
reinternment of soldiers
McClure, Brig.-Gen. George
Macdonough, Capt. Thomas
McDouall, Lt. Col. Robert
Macdonell, Lt.-Col. John
Madison, corvette
Madison, President James
Martial Law
Merritt, William H.
Michilirnackinac
British capture of
Militia, Lower Canada
cavalry
Upper Canada
cavalry
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
“militia myth”
Monroe, James
Montreal
American threat to
Moraviantown, Battle of
Morrison, Lt.-Col. Joseph W.
Murray, Col. John
Nancy, schooner
Napoleonic Wars
Napoleon’s Empire
Naval forces on the Atlantic Ocean
Naval forces on the inland lakes: American
British
New Orleans, Battle of
Newark, See Niagara
Niagara, town of
burning of
Niagara frontier
New Brunswick Fencibles
Niagara, brig
North West Company
Norton, John (Teyoninhokarawen)
Nova Scotia Fencibles
Orders in Council
Oswego
Pakenham, Maj.-Gen.Sir Edward
Perry, Master Commandant Oliver H.
Pike, Brig.-Gen. Zebulon
Plans for defence, British
Plans of campaign, American
Plattsburgh
Battle of Plattsburgh Bay
Popham, Commander Stephen
Population,
Lower Canada
Upper Canada
United States
Port Dover
raid on
Porter, Peter B.
Prairie du Chien
Presque Isle
Prevost, Lt.-Gen. Sir George
Privateers
Procter, Col. Henry
Prophet, The (Tenskwatawa)
Provincial Corps of light Infantry (The Canadian Voltigeurs)
Provincial Marine
Quebec City
Queen Charlotte, ship
Queenston
Queenston Heights, Battle of
Riall, Maj.-Gen. Phineas
Ripley, Brig.-Gen. Eleazar
Roberts, Capt. Charles
Ross, Maj.-Gen. Robert
Royal George, ship
Royal Navy
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Royal Scots, The (First Regiment of Foot)
Rush-Bagot Agreement
Sackets Harbor
British attack on
St. David’s, burning of
St. George, Lt.-Col. Thomas
St. Lawrence River
St. Lawrence, ship
Sandwich
Scott, Colonel Winfield
Scourge, gunboat
Secord, Laura
Sheaffe, Maj.-Gen. Roger H.
Shannon, frigate
Sherbrooke, Lt.-Gen. Sir John
Smith, Michael
Smyth, Brig.-Gen. Alexander
Snake Hill
Stoney Creek, battle of
Strachan, Rev. John
Talbot, Col. Thomas
Tecumseh
Tenskwatawa, see The Prophet
Teyoninhokarawen, see Norton, John
Tippecanoe, battle of
Treason in Upper Canada:
Ancaster treason trials
Treaty of Ghent
United States/Indian relations
Van Rensselaer, Col. Solomon
Van Rensselaer, General Stephen
Vincent, Brig.-Gen. John
Voltigeurs, see Provincial Corps of Light Infantry
Vrooman’s Point
Wallis, Provo William Parry
“War Hawks”
Warren, Admiral Sir John B
Washington D.C., raid on
Webster-Ashb
urton Treaty
Wellington, Duke of
Wilkinson, James
Willcocks, Joseph
Winchester, Brig.-Gen. James
Winder, Brig.-Gen. William
Wool Capt. John E.
Worsely, Lt. Miller
Yeo, Commodore Sir James Lucas
York (Toronto)
capture of