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 ...

The War of 1812, despite not even having a decent name, is, like, the best war ever. Not a ton of people died, an important principle (American sovereignty) was at stake, and the outcome was good ...

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 ...

OTTAWA -- The War of 1812 may be one of the world's oddest conflicts, if only because both sides are confident they won. A new survey suggests Canadians and Americans have vastly divergent ...

The War of 1812 is remembered elsewhere as a struggle between Britain and France for supremacy in Europe. It was just the continuation of a long-running conflict between the two countries.

In the final year of the war, Mercury remained active in North Carolina’s waters. On Nov. 5, 1814, a newspaper reported Mercury’s capture of a British brig that the cutter sent into Beaufort ...

Antoine has long been passionate about teaching people about the war. She even wrote a book about it called The War of 1812 in Wisconsin: The Battle for Prairie du Chien. "So many of the people I talk ...