War of 1812, 1812 to 1815



The War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain began formally on June 18, 1812 when the U.S. Congress ratified the declaration of war. After two and a half years of fighting, the treaty of Ghent was signed 24 December 1814. However another land battle was fought 8 January 1815 at New Orleans because neither side had heard the news of the peace treaty. The U.S. Congress ratified the treaty on 17 February 1815, formally ending the war. Two naval battles were fought afterwards, again because the news of the treaty had not reached all the combatants.

Countries Involved in the War
Click on a link below to find more resources about the War of 1812 for that location:
 * Canada
 * Great Britain
 * United States

Research Strategies for Finding your War of 1812 Soldier

 * How to begin researching the War of 1812 - includes resources and strategies for Canada, Great Britain, and the United States

Native Americans/First Nations

 * Indigenous Peoples of the United States - Native Americans in the War of 1812
 * Canadian Aboriginal Peoples - History of First Nations in the War of 1812

African Americans

 * African Americans - African Americans in the War of 1812

Timeline

 * War of 1812 Timeline - includes battles

Battles
Individual Battles
 * List of War of 1812 Battles on Wikipedia
 * Campaigns of the War of 1812-1815, against Great Britain, sketched and criticised; with brief biographies of the American engineers, George W. Cullum.
 * Battle of Queenston Heights, Queenston, Ontario (British victory) - 13 October 1812
 * The Canadian Encyclopedia
 * Wikipedia
 * American Battlefield Trust


 * Battle of Frenchtown(British victory) - 22 January 1813 at what is now Monroe, Michigan on the Raisin River
 * Battle of Lake Erie (Wikipedia) [[Image:Battle Lake Errie 1813.jpg|right|200px|Battle Lake Errie 1813.jpg]](United States naval victory) - 10 September 1813
 * Battle of the Thames (Wikipedia) (Both sides claimed victory) - 5 October 1813 at Moraviantown, on Thames River, Kent County, Ontario
 * Battle of Lundy's Lane (Both sides claimed victory) - 25 July 1814 about one mile from Niagara Falls
 * Battle of New Orleans (United States victory) (after peace treaty was signed) 8 January 1815

Societies

 * Military Society of the War of 1812 - Men's organization
 * General Society of the War of 1812 - Men's organization
 * National Society United States Daughters of 1812 - Women's organization

Guides

 * A Guide to the War of 1812 at the Library of Congress - discusses and links to online collections related to the War of 1812 on the Library of Congress website
 * Military Resources: War of 1812 at the National Archives - online resources discussing the records of the War of 1812 at the National Archives

Histories

 * Dudley, William S. The Naval War of 1812: a Documentary History. (Washington, District of Columbia, Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy 1985-2002). FHL Book 973 M3
 * Heidler, David S. and Jeanne T. Heidler. Encyclopedia of the War of 1812 (Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, c1997). 636 pages. FHL Book 973 H26
 * Hickey, Donald R. The War of 1812, a Forgotten Conflict (Chicago, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1989). 457 pages. FHL Book 973 H2 
 * Horsman, Reginald The War of 1812 (New York, New York, Alfred A Knophf, 1969) pages 286 FHL Book 973 H2
 * 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 pages 637 FHL Book 973 M2
 * Lossing, Benson J. The pictorial field-book of the War of 1812: or, Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the history, biography, scenery, relics, and traditions of the last war for American independence (Salt Lake City: Digitized by the Genealogical Society of Utah c2009) View a great digital version
 * War of 1812 newspaper clippings and pictures (Frankfort, Kentucky, Kentucky Historical Society, 1966)