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President James Madison declared war on Great Britain only several months before he sought reelection in the presidential election of 1812. DeWitt...

Reported to the House of Representatives, June 3, 1812 Mr. Calhoun, from the committee of Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the message of the...

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States: I communicate to Congress certain documents, being a continuation of those heretofore...

PROCLAMATION OF VICE ADMIRAL SIR ALEXANDER F.I. COCHRANE, R.N. By the Honorable Sir ALEXANDER COCHRANE, K.B. Vice Admiral of the Red, and Commander in...

Dear Sir From the date of my last letter to you the President has been ill of a bilious fever; of that kind called the remittent. It has perhaps never...

In his 1846 memoir “Naval Scenes in the Last War,” Moses Smith, a seaman aboard the USS Constitution, recounts the confrontation between the USS...

By WILLIAM HULL, Brigadier General and commander of the North Western Army of the United States. A PROCLAMATION. INHABITANTS of CANADA! After thirty...

Unhappy with the War of 1812, New England Federalists met in Hartford, Connecticut, to propose amendments to the Constitution to lessen the Southern...

Oration delivered by Hon. Rufus P. Spalding​ during the corner laying ceremony for Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial. This memorial...

The Niagra Campaign was the American 1813-1814 infiltration of Canada on the Niagra peninsula after the British captured Fort Niagra on December 19...

One month after the burning of Washington, D.C. by British troops, Madison reassures Congress that America could win the war. His prediction came true...

James Madison was inaugurated on March 4, 1813, for his second term as President. During his campaign, he narrowly defeating anti-war Democratic...