War of 1812: 1812–15 In the early 1800s, Britain and France were at war with each other, but the United States remained neutral, refusing to take sides. U.S. merchant ships continued to trade with both of the warring countries, but neither...
The War of 1812 was the first major war fought by the United States under the Constitution. It was also the second and last time that the nation waged war against Great Britain. The contest was a direct outgrowth of the Napoleonic Wars...
The War of 1812 (known as the American War of 1812 in Britain to distinguish it from the war with Napoleon I of France that occurred in the same year) was fought between the United States of America and the United Kingdom and its colonies, especially...
America and the War of 1812. By Eugene M. Wait. (Commack, N.Y.: Kroshka Books, c. 1999. Pp. [ii], 290. $34.00, ISBN 1-56072-644-X.) The early years of the new millennium will be a fruitful time for historians of the early American republic. The bicentennials...
Encyclopedia of the War of 1812. Edited by David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler. (Santa Barbara, Calif., and other cities: ABC-CLIO, c. 1997. Pp. xxxviii, 636. $95.00, ISBN 0-87436-968-1.) Given the recent anniversaries of the U.S.-Mexican and Spanish-American Wars, the War of 1812...
The commander of the USS Constitution was relieved of duty because of a "loss of trust and confidence in his ability to command," a Navy spokesman said Thursday.The Navy declined to provide specifics about why Commander Thomas C. Graves was removed as senior officer of...
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Philip Morris Cos. Inc. cannot move a lawsuit by cigarette smokers into federal court.The unanimous decision came in a case that consumers filed against the cigarette company in state court in Arkansas.Philip Morris, a part of Altria Group Inc.,...
