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Travel Guide to the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake
Eighteen Tours in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia
Inbunden, 2011
843 kr
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Welcome to War of 1812 tidewater country. Here, in the waters and on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay, Americans fought to preserve their recently won independence from the British. Detailing sites from Maryland to Virginia to the District of Columbia, this portable guidebook points readers to the …
Native Memoirs from the War of 1812
Black Hawk and William Apess
Av Carl Benn
Häftad, 2014
446 kr
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Native peoples played major roles in the War of 1812 as allies of both the United States and Great Britain, but few wrote about their conflict experiences. Two famously wrote down their stories: Black Hawk, the British-allied chief of the still-independent Sauks from the upper Mississippi, and …
Privateering
Patriots and Profits in the War of 1812
Av Faye M. Kert
Inbunden, 2015
696 kr
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During the War of 1812, most clashes on the high seas involved privately owned merchant ships, not official naval vessels. Licensed by their home governments and considered key weapons of maritime warfare, these ships were authorized to attack and seize enemy traders. Once the prizes were legally …
Bloodless Victory
The Battle of New Orleans in History and Memory
Inbunden, 2018
518 kr
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Once celebrated on par with the Fourth of July, January 8th-the anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans-is no longer a day of reverence for most Americans. Although the United States' stunning 1815 defeat of the British army south of New Orleans gave rise to the presidency of Andrew Jackson, the …
Inside the US Navy of 1812–1815
Inbunden, 2021
696 kr
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What did it take—logistically and operationally—for the small and underfunded US Navy to face the battle-hardened Royal Navy in the War of 1812? Find out in this book, the magnum opus of one of the deans of American naval history.When the War of 1812 broke out, the newly formed and cash-strapped …
Flotilla
The Patuxent Naval Campaign in the War of 1812
Inbunden, 2009
424 kr
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With the Royal Navy's offensives in the Chesapeake Bay during the War of 1812 came devastating raids that wreaked havoc on the small villages along its shores and the very economy of the region. American naval forces were incapable of wresting control of the Tidewater from the superior enemy …
War of 1812 in the Chesapeake
A Reference Guide to Historic Sites in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia
Av Ralph E. Eshelman, Scott S. Sheads m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
692 kr
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The War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain was fought throughout nearly all of the country, from the waters of the Atlantic Ocean to the vast frontier between the U.S. and Canada. No theater of war suffered more than the Chesapeake Bay region, where 11 battles-including Craney …
Travel Guide to the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake
Eighteen Tours in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia
Häftad, 2011
295 kr
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Welcome to War of 1812 tidewater country. Here, in the waters and on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay, Americans fought to preserve their recently won independence from the British. Detailing sites from Maryland to Virginia to the District of Columbia, this portable guidebook points readers to the …
Rockets' Red Glare
An Illustrated History of the War of 1812
Av Donald R. Hickey, Connie D. Clark
Inbunden, 2011
436 kr
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This engagingly told and richly illustrated history invites readers to travel back in time and imagine what it would have been like to live through the War of 1812, America's forgotten conflict. Offering readers an impressive array of images-some rarely before seen-and a crisp narrative, the book …
William Henry Harrison and the Conquest of the Ohio Country
Frontier Fighting in the War of 1812
Inbunden, 2014
457 kr
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In his study of William Henry Harrison, David Curtis Skaggs sheds light on the role of citizen-soldiers in taming the wilderness of the old Northwest. Perhaps best known for the Whig slogan in 1840 - "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" - Harrison used his efforts to pacify Native Americans and defeat the …
Native Memoirs from the War of 1812
Black Hawk and William Apess
Av Carl Benn
Inbunden, 2014
609 kr
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Native peoples played major roles in the War of 1812 as allies of both the United States and Great Britain, but few wrote about their conflict experiences. Two famously wrote down their stories: Black Hawk, the British-allied chief of the still-independent Sauks from the upper Mississippi, and …
