The United States had declared war on Great Britain back in June 1812, a few decades after winning independence in 1783.The U.S. aimed to stop the Royal Navy’s continued interference in American ...

A Black War of 1812 veteran who has been denied a traditional military honor due to protocols dating to the slavery era will be memorialized in a Frederick cemetery this weekend, though not by the ...

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.

War of 1812 began with close votes . STUART L. BUTLER Jun 3, 2012 Jun 3, 2012 Updated Sep ... he served honorably as a brigadier general in the Virginia militia in 1814.

President Donald Trump's lawyers referenced the War of 1812 in legal documents related to California Governor Gavin Newsom's National Guard case.. Writing in a response to a U.S. district court ...

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.

CHERRY CREEK —The local Celea Sampson Cole Chapter 507 of the United States Daughters of 1812, will hold a War of 1812 cemetery marker ceremony for General Putnam Farrington. Farrington was originally ...

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, one of whose epic battles inspired the United States national anthem. Although war—which featured the U.S. invasion of Ontario and the ...

In honor of the bicentennial of the War of 1812, the Georgetown University Library Associates and the Lecture Fund invited archivist David Ferriero to speak on the history of the National Archives in ...

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 ...

Mott, 25 U.S. (12 Wheat.) 19 (1827) (Story, J.), a member of the militia of New York challenged the penalties imposed on him by a court martial after he refused to comply with orders to report for ...