Research Catalog

Title

The incredible War of 1812 : a military history / J. Mackay Hitsman ; updated by Donald E. Graves ; foreword by Sir Christopher Prevost.

Author

Hitsman, J. Mackay.

Publication

Toronto : Robin Brass Studio, 1999.

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Additional Authors

Graves, Donald E.

Description

xxxii, 397 p. : ill., maps, ports., facsims.,; 23 cm.

Alternative Title

Incredible War of Eighteen Twelve

Subject

• Canada > History, Military > 19th century
• United States > Campaigns. > War of 1812
• United States > Causes. > War of 1812

Genre/Form

• History.
• Military history

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (355-390) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The origins of a conflict. Years of tension : the road to war, 1783-1811 ; "A general outline for defence" : preparations for war, 1811-1812 -- 1812 : the Canadas at bay. Opening moves, June and July 1812 ; Victories in the old Northwest : Augustus 1812 ; Brock and the Niagara : September and October 1812 ; Supply routes : August to December 1812 -- 1813 : Holding the line. Across the ice : January and February 1813 ; See-saw in teh Canadas : April to June 1813 ; Defeats in the West : June to October 1813 ; The Autumn of 1813 -- 1814 : on the offensive. Occasional enterprises : December 1813 to May 1814 ; Summer stalemate in upper Canada : June to September 1814 ; On American territory : April to September 1814 ; Defeat on Lake Champlain ; The treaty of status quo : July 1814 to January 1815.

ISBN

1896941133

LCCN

^^^00503460^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library