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by Donald R Hickey


  Goddard, Calvin

  Goldsborough, Charles

  Goldsborough, Robert H.

  “Good Bess,”

  Goodrich, Chauncey

  Goodrich, Samuel G.

  Gordon, Capt. James

  Gore, Christopher

  Gothenburg (Sweden)

  Goulburn, Henry

  Governor Tompkins (American privateer)

  Grand River (Ontario)

  Grand River Iroquois Indians

  Grand Terre Island (La.)

  Granger, Gideon

  Grant, Ulysses

  Gratiot, Capt. Charles

  Great Britain: and declaration of war, and European war, and legacy of war, maritime policies of, and peace negotiations, and policy of conciliation, strategy of

  Great Lakes

  Greenleaf’s Point (D.C.)

  Greenock (Scotland)

  Greenville (Ohio), Treaty of

  Gregg, Andrew

  Grenadier Island (N.Y.)

  Grenville, Lord

  Griffith, Rear Adm. Edward

  Griswold, Roger

  Grosvenor, Thomas P.

  Growler, USS

  Grundy, Felix

  Guadaloupe (West Indies)

  Guerrière, HMS, ii, 93,

  Gulf Coast: British invasion of

  gunboats: British, U.S.

  Halifax (Nova Scotia), and British naval squadron, and prisoners of war, and road to Quebec

  Hall, Maj. Gen. Amos

  Hamilton (Ontario)

  Hamilton, Alexander

  Hamilton, Paul

  Hamilton, USS

  Hampden (Maine)

  Hampton (Va.)

  Hampton, Brig. Gen. Wade

  Hannibal

  Hanson, Alexander C., and Baltimore riots

  Hardy, Capt. Thomas

  Harper, John A.

  Harper, Robert Goodloe

  Harpy (American privateer)

  Harrison, Maj. Gen. William Henry, and Battle of Tippecanoe, and Battle of the Thames

  Hartford (Conn.)

  Hartford Convention,

  Harvey, Lt. Col. John

  Havre de Grace (Md.)

  Hawkins, Benjamin

  Hawkins, Joseph

  Hay, George

  Heald, Capt. Nathan

  Henry, John

  Henry affair

  Hermes, HMS

  Hillhouse, James

  Hillyar, Capt. James

  Hislop, Lt. Gen. Thomas

  Holland River (Ontario)

  Holmes, Capt. Andrew

  Holy Ground (Ala.), Battle of

  Hoople’s Creek (Ontario), Battle of

  Hope, Capt. Henry

  Hornet, USS

  Hornet, USS, (built during war)

  Horseshoe Bend (Ala.), Battle of

  Houston, Sam

  Hudson River (N.Y.)

  Hull, Capt. Isaac

  Hull, Brig. Gen. William

  Humphreys, Joshua

  imports, U.S., See also enemy trade; non-importation

  impressment, as a cause of war, and Monroe-Pinkney Treaty, in peace negotiations

  Impressment Bill

  Independence, USS

  Indians, atrocities of, casualties of, and causes of war, and legacy of war, and peace negotiations, as warriors, See also entries for individual tribes; individual battles

  Ingersoll, Charles J.

  Ingersoll, Jared

  insurance rates, marine: for British merchants, for U.S. merchants

  international law

  International Rapids

  “Invisibles” (Senate faction)

  Isham, Brig. Gen. Jirah

  Isle-aux-Noix (Quebec)

  Iroquois Indians, U.S., Grand River

  Izard, Maj. Gen. George

  Jackson, John G.

  Jackson, Maj. Gen. Andrew, and Creek War, and discipline of troops, and Gulf Coast campaign, and Hartford Convention, and Louisiana legislature, and martial law, and legacy of war

  Jamaica (West Indies)

  Jay Treaty

  Jefferson, Thomas, and Canada, and Chesapeake affair, on economic impact of war, on fall of Napoleon, favors paper money, and gunboats, on mobs, and regulars, and restrictive system, sells library to government, on taxes of 1814, and treaties, on war opposition

  Jesup, Col. Thomas

  Johnson, Col. Richard M.

  Johnson, Edward

  Johnson, Lt. Col. James

  “Jonathan,” defined

  Jones, Lt. Thomas ap Catesby

  Jones, William (of Pennsylvania), appointed acting secretary of the treasury, appointed secretary of the navy, and crisis of 1814, and enemy trade, and privateering, and public finance, recommends naval reforms, resigns

  Jones, William (of Rhode Island)

  Julia case

  Keane, Maj. Gen. John

  Kent Island (Md.)

  Kentucky, and Canada, and declaration of war, and Harrison’s western campaign, and Indian raids, and prisoners of war, wartime economy of

  Kentucky rifle

  Key, Francis Scott

  Key, Philip Barton

  Kickapoo Indians

  King, Cyrus

  King, Rufus, and election of 1812, as possible president pro tem of Senate

  King, William

  Kingsbury, Col. Jacob

  Kingston (Ontario)

  Knox, Henry

  Lacock, Abner

  Lacolle Mill (Quebec): First Battle of, Second Battle of

  Laffite, Jean

  Laffite, Pierre

  Lake Barataria (La.)

  Lake Borgne (La.), Battle of

  Lake Champlain, Battle of, and enemy trade

  Lake Erie, Battle of, struggle for control of, and supply route, U.S. command of

  Lake Huron

  Lake Memphremagog

  Lake Ontario, and enemy trade, struggle for control of, and supply route

  Lake Simcoe (Ontario)

  Lambert, Capt. Henry

  Lambert, Maj. Gen. John

  Langdon, John

  Lansdowne, Marquis of

  Late Loyalists

  Lawrence, Capt. James,

  Lawrence, Maj. William

  Lawrence, USS,

  Lazaretto Point (Md.)

  leadership (wartime)

  Lee, “Light-Horse” Harry,

  legacy (of war)

  Leib, Michael

  Leipzig (Germany), Battle of

  Leonard, Capt. Nathan

  Leopard, HMS

  Levant, HMS

  Lewis, Maj. Gen. Morgan

  Lewis, Philip

  Lewiston (N.Y.)

  Lexington (Ky.)

  Library of Congress

  licenses (British): prewar, wartime:

  Lincoln, Abraham

  Lingan, James M.

  Linnet, HMS

  Little Belt affair

  Liverpool (England)

  Liverpool, Lord

  Liverpool Packet (British/Canadian privateer)

  Livingston, Edward

  Livingston, Robert Le Roy

  Lloyd, James

  Lloyd’s of London

  loans (war): of 1812, of 1813, of 1814, of 1815, interest rate on, total during war

  Lockyer, Capt. Nicholas

  London (England)

  Long Sault

  Longwoods (Ontario), Battle of

  Louisiana

  Louisiana, USS

  Louisiana Purchase

  Louisville (Ky.)

  Lovett, John

  Lowell, John, Jr.

  Lower Canada (now Quebec)

  Lowndes, William

  Loyalists

  Lucas, Capt. Robert

  Lundy’s Lane (Ontario), Battle of

  Lusk, Brig. Gen. Levi

  Lyman, Daniel

  Lyman, Joseph

  Lyon’s Creek (Ontario), Battle of

  Macdonough, Master Commandant Thomas

  Macedonian, HMS/USS

  Mackinac (Mich.), captured by G. B.
, U.S. attempt to recapture

  Macomb, Brig. Gen. Alexander

  Macon, Nathaniel

  Macon’s bill #2

  Madison, Dolley,

  Madison, James, and Baltimore riots, and British blockade, and British capture of Washington, and cabinet, and causes of war, and civil liberties, and crisis of 1814, and declaration of war, and diplomatic appointments, and election of 1812, and enemy trade, and Henry affair, illness of, leadership of, and national bank, and naval expansion, and New England disaffection, opening messages to Congress of, and peace negotiations, and prisoners of war, proclaims war a success, and public finance, and restrictive system, and strategy

  Maine: British occupation of, and enemy trade, and Massachusetts militia problem, and peace negotiations

  Malcolm’s Mills (Ontario), Battle of

  manifest destiny

  manufacturing

  Marblehead (Mass.)

  maritime provinces (of Canada)

  maritime war

  “Marseilles,”

  Marshall, John

  Martin, Luther

  Martinique (West Indies)

  Maryland: and Baltimore riots, and elections, See also Chesapeake Bay

  Mason, Jeremiah

  Mason, John

  Massachusetts: and British occupation of Maine, and conscription, defense costs of, and enemy trade, and Hartford Convention, and militia problem, and minor enlistment law, and prisoners of war, protests war, and state army, and wartime economy, and wartime elections

  Massias, Capt. Abraham

  Maumee Rapids (Ohio)

  Maumee River

  McArthur, Brig. Gen. Duncan

  McClure, Brig. Gen. George

  McDonough, Lt. Patrick,

  McDouall, Lt. Col. Robert

  McIntosh, William

  McKay, Maj. William

  McKim, Alexander

  McRee, Lt. Col. William

  medicine (practice of)

  Meigs, Return J.

  Melville Island (Nova Scotia)

  merchant bond problem

  merchant marine, American, See also impressment

  merchantmen, American: arming of, seized by European belligerents

  Miami Exporting Company

  Miami Indians

  Milan Decree. See Continental decrees

  militia, American, act authorizing use of, act increasing judicial power over, act organizing, and Baltimore riots, bills to arm and classify, and carrying of the Superior cable, and conscription, discipline of, inefficiency of, New England’s dispute over, as prisoners of war, refusal of to serve in Canada, See also individual battles

  Military Academy, U.S.

  Miller, Lt. Col. James

  Miller, Morris

  Milnor, James

  Minnesota

  minors: enlistment of

  Mississinewa (Ind.), Battle of

  Mississippi River, British navigation rights on

  Mitchell, Lt. Col. George E.

  Mitchill, Samuel Latham

  Mobile (Ala.)

  Mohawk, USS

  Mohawk Indians

  Monmouth (N.J.)

  Monroe (Mich.)

  Monroe, James, appointed acting secretary of state, appointed acting secretary of war, appointed secretary of war, and Canada, and conscription, and declaration for war, and defense of Washington, and enemy aliens, and Henry affair, and John Armstrong, and legacy of war, and militia, and Monroe-Pinkney Treaty, and naval strategy, and New England’s defense problem, and paper money, and peace negotiations, and St. Cloud decree

  Monroe-Pinkney Treaty

  Montreal (Quebec), and campaign of 1812, and campaign of 1813, and campaign of 1814

  Moraviantown (Ontario), Battle of

  Morgan, Maj. Gen. David B.

  Morgan, Maj. Lodowick

  Morris, Capt. Charles

  Morris, Gouverneur

  Morrison, Lt. Col. Joseph W.

  “Mosquito fleet,”

  “Mr. Madison’s War,”

  Mumma, John

  Murray, Daniel

  Murray, Col. John

  muskets

  Myers, Col. Christopher

  myth of American victory

  Nancy, HMS

  Nantucket (Mass.)

  Napier, Lt. Col. Charles

  Napoleon (Bonaparte), and American privateers, and Continenal decrees, defeated and exiled, defeated at Leipzig, invades Russia, rebuilds French fleet, and restrictive system, returns for Hundred Days

  Nast, Thomas

  national bank, 315; first, second

  national debt, U.S.

  National Intelligencer (Washington), destroyed by British

  Naudee (Oshawahnah),

  Nautilus, USS

  Naval Academy, U.S.

  naval armaments

  Navy, Royal (British): and blockade of U.S. coast, and British opinion, and conciliatory policy, condition of in 1812, and control of northern lakes, and defense of Canada, and impressment, and U.S. prisoners of war, See also individual ships

  Navy, U.S., academy for, and American opinion, board of commissioners for, condition of in 1812, and conscription, and control of northern lakes, created, enlistment bounty for, enlistment period for, expanded, and illegal trade, pay of, in postwar period, and prizes, in Quasi-War, recruitment for, reduced, and strategy, weaponry of, See also individual ships

  Newark (Ontario)

  New Bedford (Mass.)

  New Brunswick

  Newburyport (Mass.)

  New England, and Baltimore riots, and British blockade, British raids of, and declaration of war, defenses costs of, and elections, and embargo of 1807, and enemy trade, and fear of French alliance, grievances of, and Henry affair, and militia problem, and opposition to war, and a separate peace, and specie, and state armies, and war loans, and wartime economy

  Newfoundland

  New Hampshire: and anti-war violence, and cash shortage, and Hartford Convention, and militia problem, and wartime elections

  New Jersey

  New London (Conn.)

  New Orleans (La.), Battle of, illegal trade at, martial law in, and myth of American victory

  New Orleans, USS

  New York (N.Y.), and arrival of peace treaty, and British imports, and commodity speculation, and Lawrence funeral, as potential capital, on supply route, and war loan

  New York (state), and elections, and enemy aliens, and enemy trade, and Hartford Convention amendments, invasion of, and origins of “Uncle Sam,” -89; wartime economy of, See also Niagara front

  Niagara, USS,

  Niagara front, and campaign of 1812, and campaign of 1813, and campaign of 1814

  Niagara River. See Niagara front

  Nicholson, Joseph H.

  Nicolls, Maj. Edward

  non-exportation

  non-importation, act of 1806, act of 1811

  non-intercourse

  Norfolk (Va.)

  Norristown (Pa.) Herald, assault on

  North Carolina

  North Point (Md.), Battle of

  Northwest, Old, and causes of war, and control of Lake Erie, and Indians, and legacy of war, and peace negotiations, and supply route

  North West Company

  Norton, Maj. John

  Nottawasaga (Ontario), Battle of

  Nova Scotia

  Nullification

  Oakland (Ontario)

  Oakley, Thomas

  Octagon House (in D.C.),

  Odelltown (Ontario)

  Ohio

  Ohio, USS

  Ohio River

  Old Hampshire (Mass.)

  “Old Ironsides.” See Constitution, USS

  Old Northwest. See Northwest, Old

  Old Republicans

  Old Southwest. See Southwest, Old

  Oneida, USS

  Oneida Indians

  opposition. See Clintonians; Federalists; “Invisibles”; Old Republicans

  Orders-in-Council, as a cause of war, repeal of

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sp; ordnance, U.S.

  Oswego Falls (N.Y.)

  Otis, Harrison Gray, and British peace terms, ; and declaration of war, and election of 1812, and Hartford Convention, and Vermont militia problem

  Ottawa Indians

  Oxford (Ontario)

  Oxford County (Maine)

  Pakenham, Maj. Gen. Edward

  paper money

  Parish, David

  Parker, Capt. Peter

  parties, political: cohesion of defined, in Congress, in states

  Passamaquoddy Bay

  patent office, U.S.

  Patuxent River (Md.)

  Payne, John Howard

  peace: negotiations in 1812, negotiations in 1814, news of, rumors of

  peace commission: British, U.S.,

  Peacock, HMS

  Peacock, USS

  Pea Island (La.)

  Pearson, Joseph

  Pearson, Col. Thomas

  Pechell, Capt. Samuel J.

  Pelican, HMS

  Penguin, HMS

  Pennsylvania: and Baltimore riots, and declaration of war, and election of 1812, and enemy aliens, and militia problems, and New England disaffection, and U.S. Volunteer law, wartime economy of

  Pennsylvania rifle

  Pensacola (Fla.)

  Perceval, Spencer

  Perkins, Thomas H.

  Perry, Master Commandant Oliver H., appointed to command of Lake Erie, and attack on Fort George, and Battle of Lake Erie, builds squadron, and Harrison’s campaign, and death of Lawrence

  Pettipaug (Conn.)

  Philadelphia (Pa.), and election of 1812, and embargo of 1812, and feud over postmaster, and national bank, and national debt, as potential capital, on supply route, and war loans, wartime economy of

  Phoebe, HMS

  Pickering, Timothy

  Pig Point (Md.)

  Pike, Brig. Gen. Zebulon M.

  Pilkington, Lt. Col. Andrew

  Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth

  Pinckney, Maj. Gen. Thomas

  Pinkney, William

  Pittsburgh (Pa.)

  Plattsburgh (N.Y.), Battle of

  Plumer, William

  Point Peter (Petre) (Ga.)

  Polly decision

  Pomone, HMS

  Pontiac’s Rebellion

  Popham, Capt. Stephen

  population: of U.S., of Canada, of Great Britain

  Port Dover (Ontario)

  Porter, Capt. David

  Porter, Brig. Gen. Peter B.

  Portland (Maine)

  Portsmouth (N.H.)

  Port Talbot (Ontario)

  Portugal

  Potawatomi Indians

  Potomac River

  powder (for guns)

  Prairie du Chien (Wis.)

  Preble, USS

  preparedness (military)

  President, HMS

  President, USS

  Presque Isle (Pa.)

  previous question

  Prevost, Sir George, and Battle of Plattsburgh, and Battle of Sackets Harbor, and defense of Canada, and Indians, and predatory warfare, and prisoners of war

  Prince-de-Neufchatel (American privateer)

  Prince Regent, HMS

 

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