But while many urban centers are founded around industrial, agricultural, and trade concerns, Washington, D.C. (that acronym ...

Roosevelt's intellect extended beyond politics. His first book, The Naval War of 1812, published in 1882, became a landmark work that influenced the rise of the modern US Navy. 7. Woodrow Wilson ...

Hickey, author of several books on the war. And the logistical challenges ... including surprisingly in naval battles on the Great Lakes and in the Atlantic. "It is a cruel mortification," said ...

Katherine Yon Ebright: The act was enacted in 1798, during the Quasi-War with France. That was a wholly naval conflict ... In the War of 1812, which was fought with the British, the Alien Enemies ...

Daniel Dobbins and Jesse Elliott, key figures in the War of 1812, apparently crossed the frozen ... succeeded him as commander of the American naval squadron at Erie. "The exertions made at ...

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 ...

The accompanying museum also has exhibits, displays and artifacts that expand on the ship's importance in the War of 1812, as well as the lives of her previous sailors. Both the ship and museum ...

The United States’ triumph secured control of the lake, preventing an enemy attack from the north within the context of the war between the two nations. The United States was aware of its naval ...

A 1991 survey by Trevor Kirkpatrick concluded 20 people had been interred at the site, including veterans of the War of 1812 Private Garret ... separate Google Maps searches of each property ...

The War of 1812 is a mindbender among naval wars. Seldom does a society mistake defeat for victory and codify the loser strategy as the playbook for future conflicts. But so it was for the United ...

When a naval ship ... the Quasi-War between the U.S. and French First Republic from 1798 to 1800. The Constitution served admirably, earning the nickname "Old Ironsides" in 1812 for shaking ...

who famously defeated the British fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812—but that was about to change. In July 1853, the American naval commander was on the cusp of ...