"Field fortifications for war of 1812?" Topic

Could someone tell me or show me a few links of standard field fortifications that were used in the war of 1812? I wanted to invest (either buy or build my own) in some of these for my 28mm war of 1812.

Thanks

You should look at the Red Stick (Creek Indians) breastwork at Horseshoe Bend:

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Or perhaps the fortifications for the United States at New Orleans?

There are s illustrations of the fortifications at Horseshoe Bend.
Most Creek towns had vertical palisades with the natural curves of the logs.
There are a number of illustrations of the stockades by Americans or half-breeds. There are several interesting factors. For example most distances of the interior was set so defenders of one wall could turn around and fire at enemy crossing the opposite wall.
Check out Fort Mims which was larger than the average stockade.

Of course the most famous field fortification of the war were the defenses outside New Orleans

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The most extensive "field" fortifications of the War of 1812 on the Canadian frontier may have been the American defenses of Fort Erie (which had become more of an entrenched camp than a fort) and the British siege works.
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At the Battle of Chateauguay the Canadians constructed
a series of abatis (obstacles made of felled trees) in depth. In the heavily forested parts of Canada this was the easiest and quickest form of field fortification.

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Woodland Scenics tree armatures can be made into abatis…

The National Park Service published an exhaustive report about archaeological excavations of the Chalmette Battlefield in 2009.

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(Warning: the report is in several files. Scroll down on the page to get to all of them.)

The authors make several points. One of the most important is that the current NPS reconstruction of the rampart is wrong. Jackson's rampart was much more extensive. It was designed by professionally trained military engineers' and meant to stand up to the heavy British artillery (18 and 24 pdrs). One of the conclusions I reached is that almost all scale models of field fortifications sold by wargame suppliers are laughably too small – the height and width of the earthworks, for example, should be at least 8 feet and 18-20 feet in scale, respectively. (Part III, Section 1, p. 459ff)

Rick