The primitive seven-barrel machine gun dates to the War of 1812 and was prized by U.S. naval commanders, who hoped to position such weapons in ships’ rigging to strafe opponents’ decks and ...

The museum also upends the blurry, rather blithe notions that visitors have about the War of 1812 as a whole. While Americans may dimly recall Key, the naval heroics of “Old Ironsides,” or ...

Mahan of the United States Navy is preparing for publication in Scribner's Magazine for next year some articles on "The War of 1812 ... documents, and maps furnished by Capt.

With the war only a few months old, the entire Michigan territory had fallen into British hands. Yes — strangely enough, at sea. In 1812 and 1813 ... a 25-hour naval bombardment — a sight ...

The War of 1812 is a mindbender among naval wars. Seldom does a society mistake defeat for victory and codify the loser ...

a powerful show of force on the global stage of the naval power of the young nation. "The Constitution went on to defeat or capture seven more British ships in the War of 1812." Old Ironsides is ...

One effect of this was, that the war found both ... changed -- that, from 1812 to 1860, vast changes have taken place. Even in 1812-'15, we beat the British in repeated naval contests, and is ...

Letters of marque and reprisal were once common tools for countries with small naval forces to augment ... including the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Over the course of the 19th century ...