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.

A Black War of 1812 veteran who has been denied a ... was one of the roughly 1,500 African Americans who served white officers in the 50,000-strong Maryland Militia during the conflict sometimes ...

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 ...

Sharon Cantillon/Buffalo News file photo Tom Johnson walks in the War of 1812 Cemetery on Aero Drive in Cheektowaga. He estimates that there are at least 500 bodies buried there.

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.

Living historian Duane Whitlock of Clements, shown holding a period musket, will portray a sergeant during the War of 1812 interpretation Nov. 5-6 at Point Lookout State Park.

The role of Billy Flora, a free Black man, in this pivotal victory — and the erosion later of rights — show a paradox of the nation’s founding. Flora stayed in the Portsmouth area, operating … ...

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 ...