Canada in the War of 1812

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Introduction
The War of 1812 between Britain and the United States confirmed the separate existence of the United States and the future Canada. It formally began on June 18, 1812. To end the war, the treaty of Ghent was signed 24 December 1814.


 * Sweeney, Alastair, Fire Along the Frontier Web Resources shows Canadian and American view points and information through Timelines, Videos, Battles, Characters, Print References, Maps, Google Books, and Websites.


 * Canada and the War of 1812, by Tony Brown on The Royal Philatelatelic Society of Canada (RPSC) Web site.


 * The Historica-Dominion Institute, The Royal Canadian Geographical Society and Parks Canada. War of 1812 has a timeline, learning resources, video game, and many short videos about the war.


 * The War of 1812 Website has brief histories of the war, the battles, forts, historic sites, various regiments, and much more.

Canada Military Units
The military units that fought for Canada included many men enrolled in local militia units. British regular Army regiments with men from England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland also fought.

The Wikipedia article, Canadian units of the War of 1812, lists the types of Canadian units as well as many specific regiments or other units.

Records

 * Introduction to the digitized Library Archives Canada War of 1812 records


 * War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848, RG 19 E5A War of 1812: Lower Canada Nominal Rolls and Paylists, RG 9 1A7 War of 1812: Miscellaneous Records War of 1812: Upper Canada Returns, Nominal Rolls and Paylists, RG 9 1B7


 * War of 1812 Casualty Database, Canadian and British Regiments, is searchable by name, rank, regiment, company officer, county, previous occupation, manner of death, place of event. Regiments are still being added.


 * Olive Tree, Records of Widows admitted as Militia Pensioners, is a list of widows with names of deceased husbands, his regiment, action where he was killed or how he died, date of his death and remarks.

Provinces
The provinces that furnished men for the military were Upper Canada (Ontario), Lower Canada (Quebec), Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and New Brunswick.


 * The War of 1812, Archives of Ontario, has brief histories of battlegrounds, a chronology of the war, brief biographies of important figures, etc.


 * Livingston, Edwin A: 2nd regiment of Leeds militia, 1814 (Prescott, Ontario: Edwin A Livingston)  pages 8 FHL Book 971.373 M2


 * Lucas, C.P.: The Canadian war of 1812 (Salt Lake city, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, c1988), 8 leaves.

For additional information, see the following Wikipedia articles:


 * Ontario, Upper Canada, section on the War of 1812 (1812-1815)
 * Nova Scotia, section on 19th century

Ethnic Groups
The First Nations were instrumental in many important Canadian victories including Michilimackinac, Detroit, Queenston Heights, Beaver Dams, Chateauguay and Crysler’s Farm.

Many Black volunteers fought in defense of Canada. They worried that the Americans would return them to slavery. The “Coloured Corps” fought at Queenston Heights and was partially made up of persons who had escaped slavery in the United States.

Battles

 * Queenston, Ontario (British victory) 13 October 1812
 * Battle of Queenston Heights (Wikipedia)
 * Battle of Queenston Heights (Archives of Ontario)


 * Battle of Frenchtown (Historyofwar.org) (British victory) - 22 January 1813 now Monroe, Michigan on the Raisin River


 * Battle of Lake Erie (Wikipedia) (United States naval victory) 10 September 1813


 * Battle of the Thames (Wikipedia) (Both sides claimed victory) - Moraviantown, on Thames River, Kent County, Ontario 5 October 1813


 * Batle of Lundy's Lane (Historycentral.com) (Both sides claimed victory) - about one mile from Niagara Falls 25 July 1814


 * Battle of New Orleans (Historycentral.com) (United States victory) (after peace treaty was signed) 8 January 1815


 * Campaigns of the War of 1812-1815, against Great Britain, sketched and criticised; with brief biographies of the American engineers, George W. Cullum, FHL Microfilm 1404257


 * Paine, Ralph Delahaye, The fight for a free sea: a chronicle of the War of 1812 New Haven Connecticut, Yale University Press, 1920). FHL Book 235 973 H2

Societies

 * The Loyal and Patriotic Society raised and distributed money for militiamen and their families who faced hardship arising from the war. The amount of money given was based on the level of hardship.

Documentaries

 * PBS, The War of 1812, has a short video with information about the war. It also has lists of historic sites with short histories of each.


 * History.com, War of 1812, has several short videos about the war as well as a brief written histories of the war and a few prominent people.


 * Galafilm, War of 1812, has brief histories of events, historical maps, a bibliography, and lists of links to other War of 1812 sites.

Web Sites

 * The War of 1812 South Western Ontariohas links to other sites, a timeline, brief history of the war and specific battles, etc.


 * Niagara 1812 Bicentennial Legacy Council has a list of heritage sites with links for Ontario, Quebec, Great Britain, and several U.S. states. It also has brief histories by year.


 * Olive Tree War of 1812 Canadian Muster Rolls


 * War of 1812 Casualty Database is name searchable. The goal is to list the names of the Canadian and British soldiers that were killed, died or deserted during the War of 1812.


 * The War of 1812 on the St. Lawrence has information about war along the St. Lawrence River, especially on the Canadian side, including a timeline of military actions.


 * Government of Canada, Bicentennial of the War of 1812, has information about the history of the war, major battles, and heroes.


 * The War of 1812 at Library and Archives Canada has digitized images of records and portraits.


 * History Central, War of 1812, has information about the major battles of the war, plus a list of related web sites and a bibliography of books.


 * The War of 1812 Website, Naval section, with The Provincial Marine at Amherstburg 1796-1813, by Bob Garcia in 2000.


 * The Wikipedia, War of 1812 Article


 * War of 1812 Genealogical Research has links to various War of 1812 web sites.


 * Causes and events of the War of 1812: a Timeline - includes political events, military events, and military events in Europe.


 * War of 1812 Resources - list of resources available in the Newberry Library.


 * Society of the War of 1812 The purpose of this page is to providelinks to other websites that relate to the War of 1812


 * Online War of 1812 Indexes and Records


 * War of 1812


 * Ely Parker's List of Oneida Indian Volunteers, War of 1812


 * Major William McIntosh’s Company of Creek Indians, Creek War of 1814


 * Department of the Navy, Naval History and Heritage Command, Officers of the War of 1812, Marine Corps Officers


 * Department of the Navy, Naval History and Heritage Command, Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps in the War of 1812


 * Cyndi's List


 * Olive Tree Genealogy, War of 1812 Genealogy and History


 * The Man Who Captured the White House - Brief histories of the activities of General Ross, including the burning of the White House and the events for the writing of the Star Spangled Banner.


 * Canada and The War of 1812 gives a short history of the war.


 * War of 1812, The Canadian Encyclopedia


 * Coloured Corps: African Canadians in the War of 1812

Books

 * Baker, Harrison Scott II. American prisoners of war held at Halifax during the War of 1812: June 1812 - April 1815 (Westminster, Maryland, Willow Bend Books, c2004), 2 Volumes


 * Bradley, Arthur Granville, The United Empire Loyalist: founders of British Canada (New York, New York, AMS Press, 1971) pages 288


 * Cruikshank, E. A.: Record of the services of Canadian regiments in the War of 1812: the militia of the Eastern District; the counties of Glengarry, Stormont and Dundas page 69-98


 * Cruikshank, E.A.: Documents relating to the invasion of Canada and the surrender of Detroit, 1812 (Ottawa, Ontario: Government Printing Bureau, c1912) pages 258


 * Dudley, William S., The Naval War of 1812: a documentary history(Washington, District of Columbia, Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy 1985-2002).


 * Edgar, Lady: General Brock (Toronto, Ontario: Morang and Co., c1904), pages 322


 * Fredriksen, John C, "Resource Guide for the War of 1812" ([S.l.]: J.C. Fredriksen, c1979)


 * Grimwood, Paul. Ancaster and the effects of the War of 1812, (Hamilton, Ontario: Ontario Genealogical Society. Hamilton Branch, c2005), 9 leaves.


 * Hickey, Donald R. The War of 1812, a forgotten conflict. (Chicago, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1989). 457 pages.


 * Horsman, Reginald The War of 1812 (New York, New York, Alfred A Knophf, 1969) 286 pages.


 * Jacobs, James Ripley and Glenn Tucker, The War of 1812: a compact history (New York, New York, Hawthorn Books copyright 1969).


 * Latimer, Jon: 1812: war with America (Cambridge, Massachusette: Belknap Press, c2007, 637 pages.


 * Lauber, Wilfred R. An index of Essex and Kent militia records, 1812-1815(Chatham [Ontario}: Ontario Genealogical Society. Kent Branch, 1995), pages 49.  


 * Lauber, Wilfred R. An index of land claim certificates of Upper Canada militiamen who served in the War of 1812 (Toronto, Ontario: Ontario Genealogical Society, c1995), pages 196.


 * Lauber, Wilfred R. Index of the civilian loss claims for the Western District from the War of 1812-14 (Chatham, [Ontario]; Ontario Genealogical Society, Kent Branch, c1997) 24, 14, 55, 8 p.


 * Lepine, Luc: Les officiers de milice du Bas-Canada, 1812-1815 = Lower Canada's militia officers, 1812-1815(Montreal [Quebec]: Societe genealogique canadiene-francaise, c1996), 305 pages.


 * Litt, Paul, and Ronald F. Williamson, and Joseph W.A. Whitehorne: Death at Snake Hill: secrets from a War of 1812 cemetery (Toronoto, Ontario: Dundurn Press, c1993), 158 pages.


 * Lucas, C.P. The Canadian War of 1812, (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988), 269 pages.


 * Lefebvre, par Jean-Jacques: Quelques officiers de 1812 (Ottawa [Ontario] Societe royale du Canada, c1967), pages 69-136.


 * Malcomson, Robert, Historical dictionary of the War of 1812(Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 2006), 701 pages.


 * Rammage, Stuart A.: The militia stood alone: Malcom's Mills, 6 Novemer, 1814 (Summerland, British Columbia,: Valley Pub. c2000) page 206 FHL Book 971.347 01 M2


 * Shea, Iris and Heather Watts: Deadman's: Melville Island &amp; its burial ground pages 111 FHL Book 971.622H2


 * Canada. Department of Militia and Defence: Militiamen who applied for pensions in 1875 in Canada : shewing names, ages and places of residence of all militiamen of 1812-1813, who have applied to the Imperial Government, through the Department of Militia and Defence, for a pension or indemnity; in reply to an address of the House of Commons of 8th February, 1875'' (Pawtucket, Rhode Island: Quintin Publications c1997?) leaves 15.  FHL Book 971 M2