Painting by Robert Dodd shows the USS Chesapeake (left) as it approaches the HMS Shannon during the War of 1812. The Chesapeake is flying a flag that states 'Free Trade and Sailors Rights.' ...

The War of 1812 is among the lesser celebrated of the nation’s victories, perhaps because the British marched into Washington, D.C., and burned the White House. Read Next South Carolina ...

Before this month, the law, the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, had been invoked just three times: in the War of 1812, World War I and, most memorably, in World War II, when it was used to justify the ...