After spending three years researching the military leaders of the time ... shaky experiences leading to his success during the War of 1812, Fitz-Enz noted. Fitz-Enz has also written an account ...

But ignorance of the War of 1812 lightens his role as Lacroix Company leader. “I made up some of the orders today, and they weren’t carried out well,” he concedes at the end of the wintry drill.

Although this National Monument and Historic Shrine played a significant role in three of our nation’s wars — the War of 1812, the Civil War, and World War I — it is the War of 1812 that made the most ...

"He was recognized for his skills. He probably would have been one of our best leaders in the War of 1812 had he not been killed at York." Hisgen has experience in trail management. He served as ...

A Black man who served in the Maryland State Militia during the War of 1812 and was long denied the military recognition most soldiers in his situation were granted has been declared a veteran of ...

ON 24 August 1812, Washington, D.C., was invaded and destroyed by the British. It was our sovereignty’s first invasion but not the last. The War of 1812 would leave an indelible imprint on the ...

The War of 1812 is one of our forgotten wars, skimmed over in school lessons and rarely the subject of movies. To the British ...

On this date in history: In 1812, the United States declared war on Britain ... U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed a strategic arms control treaty (SALT II ...

A diorama at the River Raisin visitor center depicts the war’s northern front. Andrew Spear It’s 19 degrees with a brisk wind blowing off Lake Erie as the men of Lacroix Company march across a ...