Rossiter Johnson begins with the grievances that led to war, from impressment of seamen to the Orders in Council, then follows the Detroit campaign, the battles on the Canadian border, the frigate duels on the ocean, Perry on the lakes, the Thames, the Creek War, privateers, the burning of Washington and the Battle of New Orleans.
A clear, readable American history of the war, with the patriotic tone of the 1880s. Download the free EPUB.