Not long after British assault troops stormed past the outnumbered defenders of Hampton — leaving a trail of pillage, murder and rape in their wake — the alarm began to sound along the James ...

The British View the War of 1812 Quite Differently Than Americans Do The star-spangled war confirmed independence for the United States. But for Great Britain, it was a betrayal ...

According to historian Donald E. Graves, who examined the charges in the Journal of the War of 1812, the evidence of pillaging is persuasive, with two British officers seen looting a Hampton store ...

Of the resentments and ambitions that led to the War of 1812, nothing caused as much resentment in the U.S. as the actions of the Royal Navy You can save this article by registering for free here ...

The day after the Senate followed the House of Representatives in voting to declare war against Great Britain, President ...

July 17 marks the bicentennial of a key date in the War of 1812, when the British captured Fort Mackinac at the onset of war. WKAR’s Scott Pohl speaks… ...

The War of 1812. The young United States of America finds itself caught up in a war between Great Britain and France. The British navy — the most powerful military force in the world — stops U ...

More than a century after it first arrived in London, a statue of George Washington is once again standing tall, newly ...

Painting of the marine battle in the War of 1812 featuring the USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, and the British ship, HMS Guerrière, with its masts broken. Artist Thomas Chambers, 1845.

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, SEPT. 7, 1813, UNCLE SAM BECOME SYMBOL OF NATION DURING WAR OF 1812. Tecumseh and the British had seized the American fort in Detroit a year earlier, in the early days of ...

The War of 1812, sometimes known as America’s second war of Independence, had an impact on the foundation of Chautauqua County. The war was between the British and Native Americans on one side, and ...