"Turner on Graves, 'Soldiers of 1814: American Enlisted" Topic

… Men's Memoirs of the Niagara Campaign'

"There appears to be an insatiable market for books about warfare and particularly popular are accounts by participants. This interest extends even to writings on the War of 1812, a brief and minor drama as these historical events are measured. A quick chronology makes clear its brevity. War was declared against Great Britain by the United States on 18 June 1812 and the treaty of peace was signed at Ghent, Belgium on 24 December 1814. Fighting along the Niagara frontier, the focus of these memoirs, began in October 1812 and ended in November 1814, but it continued at New Orleans into January of 1815 and the final naval action relating to this war took place just over ten weeks later.

It was a conflict that seemed to change nothing because the Treaty of Ghent restored the status quo antebellum. Yet, as obscure and small-scale as it was, this war had both immediate and long-term effects on the developments of both Canada and the U.S. In the latter, it contributed significantly to a sense of confidence and to the growth of nationalism from the belief that American sailors had thrashed the mighty Royal Navy at sea while ordinary American boys had beaten the red coats in both Upper Canada (at Lundy's Lane) and at home (at New Orleans)…"

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After years of defeats on the Niagara frontier, 1814 was different. Brown's army defeated the British at Chippawa, fought them to a standstill at Lundy's Lane, and defeated them again at the siege of Fort Erie.

The Americans also won at Plattsburg, Baltimore, and New Orleans. Because of the American battlefield successes, Wellington highly recommended that the war be ended with the status quo antebellum which changed the demands at Ghent by the British delegation.

A great book, as are the others in the series.

Thanks!

Armand

The books, in paperback, are available from the Old Fort Niagara Association, by mail or at the Fort.

I bought some of them there in 2016.

Thanks Kevin…

Armand