URBANA — Ronald Irick calls Gen. William Hull’s wilderness march from Urbana to Detroit in the opening days of the War of 1812 “the local event here that nobody remembers.

Bad idea. Or so it would seem. Events have proved otherwise; the War of 1812, while one of the most bungled in American history and least remembered, may have been the most important.

Third of a four-part series During the War of 1812, the British, then in control of the Chesapeake Bay, issued and distributed a proclamation inviting Americans, anti-war whites as well as slaves ...

Dispatches from the War of 1812 Regulars, by God! The Battle of Chippawa, Part 1 By Mason Winfield August 8, 2014 1 Comment 19 Mins Read ...

For the United States the War of 1812 was a second War of Independence against the British that birthed emblems of American nationalism such as the national flag, the “Star-Spangled Banner ...

Courtesy the Navy-Naval Historical Center. This year marks the 200 th anniversary of the War of 1812, a fact that may elude all but the most committed enthusiasts of America’s more obscure wars.

Buck, who was born Aug. 23, 1790, in Shenandoah County, Virginia, served in the War of 1812 as a first lieutenant in the 2nd Regiment Virginia Militia.

As the war between the U.S., Great Britain and Native Americans waged on, Sackets Harbor was the site of two hard-fought battles on July 19, 1812, and May 29, 1813.

Following the loss of Detroit in August 1812 and the defeat at Frenchtown in January 1813, the western Ohio frontier lay open to attacks by the British and its Native American allies.

The marker will honor Pvt. Christian Sowerwine. He served with 4th Regiment of the Virginia Militia. The event is open to the public. In attendance will be members from Society of the War of 1812 ...

You will be forgiven for not noticing that the bicentennial of the War of 1812 is nearing full swing. No such dispensation could be granted for the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, of course, as… ...