According to Scire’s ruling, the Maryland militia’s 1st Cavalry Regiment had in effect been federalized during the War of 1812 — summoned out of state duty and into federal service, as ...

Black War Of 1812 Soldier Finally Recognized As Veteran—152 Years After His Death. Samuel A. Neale served in the Maryland State Militia during the War of 1812.

Sharon Cantillon/Buffalo News file photo Tom Johnson walks in the War of 1812 Cemetery on Aero Drive in Cheektowaga. He estimates that there are at least 500 bodies buried there.

Burning down the White House today seems like a thing of fiction, reserved for absurdist movies, and propaganda, but that's exactly what happened in 1812 after a British invasion and unsuccessful war.

The State Militia to Garrison the Forts Conference of War Democrats Gov. Seymour and the Interest on the State Debt. Share full article. April 23, 1864.

John Osinski, a War of 1812 re-enactor who lives in Middleburgh, N.Y., is feeling the separation from his Canadian friends. "Oh, we missed the Fencibles," he said. "We need each other.