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Act allowing Americans to destroy enemy vessels. This Act was issued two months after the Battle of the River Raisin and a day before James Madison...

Article published in the Niles Weekly Register discussing the possibility of war with Great Britain and supporting the war effort. War was officially...

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

After the defeat of HMS Guerriere on August 19, 1812, and the HMS Java on December 29, 1812, British Secretary of Admiralty John W. Corker reassures...

Henry Clay was an adamant supporter of the War of 1812 and successfully lobbied representatives in the House of Representatives to support the war...

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That war be and the same is hereby...

Between December 15, 1814, and January 5, 1815,​ representatives from the Federalist Party met in Hartford, Connecticut to discuss the ongoing War of...

This Act was issued less than a month after war was declared on Great Britain. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United...

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...

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...

Smuggling was common throughout the War of 1812 and, even with military intervention, continued throughout the duration of the war. The palpable and...