MONTGOMERY -- The last battle of the War of 1812 wasn't the Battle of New Orleans, at which U.S. troops led by Andrew Jackson defeated British troops on Jan. 8, 1815.

General William Henry Harrison led Americans to victory in the Battle of the Thames on this day in history, Oct. 5, 1813, routing the British and Native forces led by Shawnee chief Tecumseh.

In May of 1814, General George Drummond led the British in capturing New York's Fort Oswego. This was the calm before a three-pronged British invasion. Painted in watercolor by Steele in 1814.

For example, nine U.S. ships memorably defeated six British vessels at the Battle of Lake Erie on September 10, 1813. 4. The War of 1812 confirmed that Canada didn't want to be part of the United ...

A Baltimore artist took the Battle of North Point from the War of 1812 and put it on canvas, figuring out how to get it in front of hundreds of school kids every day.

It kept Major General Phineas Riall believing that a little pressure would crack his American opponents. He would gamble upon it and lose. After the battle, the New York Iroquois mopped up in the ...

It was dusk when General Scott got near the British defenses, barely light enough for him to get a look. The British had set up behind a pair of bridges on the Chippawa River, which itself was 75 ...

The British cross and the battle of Bladensburg begins. The Americans, mainly poorly trained militia, led by a dithering and incompetent commander, Brig Gen William Winder, collapse before the ...

The U.S. found glory at the Battle of New Orleans, while six months later the British found theirs when the Duke of Wellington inflicted a crushing defeat over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo.

For a brief shining moment in 1814, Ross was the toast of the British Empire. The general, who had served with distinction under the Duke of Wellington in the war with Napoleon, had been sent to ...

Turning the Course of the War . The Battle of Plattsburgh and the Battle of Lake Champlain on September 11, 1814 salvaged two years of dismal military losses for the United States, staving off the ...