The War 1812 is a two-hour film history of a deeply ... had one or two battles or decisions gone a different way, a map of the United States today would look entirely (and shockingly) different.

Capt. A. T. Mahan of the United States Navy is preparing for publication in Scribner's Magazine for next year some articles on "The War of 1812." The series, it is said, will run through the year.

It’s happened, of course, but imagine a veteran of the War of 1812 and the Mexican War fighting in the Civil War. That’s a span of more than 50 years, much longer than the 24 years that ...