Black soldiers and sailors in the War of 1812. Black men, including many refugee slaves seeking freedom, served with the British Army and Navy during the War. After the war, many of these men were ...

The last time a large, violent group breached the Capitol was over 200 years ago during the War of 1812, when the British invaded Washington, DC. Here's what happened on that fateful day in 1814.

Viral video just posted by a US rep shows a secret tunnel nestled under the floorboards of the US Capitol that according to legend was stormed by British soldiers in the War of 1812.

After the war, Jackson moved to Tennessee and conducted a political career, but by 1812, he was back in the military. Jackson actually spent most of the War of 1812 fighting not the British, but ...