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February 12th, 1815 AD (search for this): entry war-of-1812
ief officers, General Lambert, now chief in command, recalled Thornton from his successes, and on Jan. 9 began preparations for retreating. Of 7,000 British troops engaged in the assault, 2,036 were killed and wounded, the killed being estimated at over 700; Americans lost eight killed and thirteen wounded in the main assault; total loss on both sides of the river, seventy-one.] Frigate President, forty-four guns, Commodore Decatur commanding, is captured by the British frigates Endymion, forty guns, the Pomone, Tenedos, and Majestic......Jan. 15, 1815 Frigate Constitution captures the Cyane and the Levant, British sloops-of-war......February, 1815 Fort Bowyer, invested by the British fleet, surrenders......Feb. 12, 1815 Sloop-of-war Hornet, Capt. James Biddle, captures the British brig-of-war Penguin off the Cape of Good Hope......March 23, 1815 See also Jackson, Andrew; New Orleans; and readily suggestive names of persons and places that were conspicuous in the war.
September 4th, 1812 AD (search for this): entry war-of-1812
s between the United States forces and the combined British and Indian forces: Action at Brownstown, Mich.......Aug. 5, 1812 Action at Maguaga, 14 miles below Detroit......Aug. 9, 1812 Surrender of Fort Dearborn and massacre (Chicago)......Aug. 15, 1812 Surrender of Detroit by Gen. William Hull (Michigan))......Aug. 16, 1812 Frigate Constitution captures British frigate Guerriere ......Aug. 19, 1812 Defence of Fort Harrison, Indiana, Capt. Zachary Taylor commanding......Sept. 4, 1812 Battle of Queenston......Oct. 13, 1812 Sloop-of-war Wasp captures British sloop Frolic ......Oct. 18, 1812 Action at St. Regis, N. Y.......Oct. 23, 1812 Frigate United States captures British frigate Macedonian ......Oct. 25, 1812 Affair at Black Rock, N. Y.; attempted invasion of Canada by the Americans under Gen. Alexander Smyth......Nov. 28, 1812 Frigate Constitution captures British frigate Java off the coast of Brazil......Dec. 29, 1812 Schooner Patriot sails fr
January, 1815 AD (search for this): entry war-of-1812
intensely fatal, the conspirators made arrangements with agents of the government authorities of Lower Canada, whereby a very large amount of British government bills, drawn on Quebec, were transmitted to New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, and offered on such advantageous terms that capitalists were induced to purchase them. By this means an immense amount of gold was transmitted to Canada, and so placed beyond the reach of the government and put into the hands of the enemy. In January, 1815, Alexander J. Dallas, Secretary of the Treasury, in a report to Congress, laid bare the poverty of the national treasury. The year had closed with $19,000,000 unpaid debts, to meet which there was a nominal balance in the treasury of less than $2,000,000 and about $4,500,000 of uncollected taxes. For the next year's services $50,000,000 would be required. The total revenue, including the produce of the new taxes, was estimated at about $11,000,000—$10,000,000 from taxes, and only $1,0
August 4th, 1814 AD (search for this): entry war-of-1812
d by Robert Fulton; one finished......July, 1814 [This was the first steam vessel of war built.] Expedition from Detroit against Fort Mackinaw fails......Aug. 4, 1814 British troops land at Pensacola, Fla.......Aug. 4, 1814 British troops, 5,000 strong, under General Drummond, invest Fort Erie......Aug. 4, 1814 StonAug. 4, 1814 British troops, 5,000 strong, under General Drummond, invest Fort Erie......Aug. 4, 1814 Stonington, Conn., bombarded by the British fleet under Commodore Hardy......Aug. 9-12, 1814 British fleet, with 6,000 veterans from Wellington's army under General Ross, appears in Chesapeake Bay......Aug. 14, 1814 Midnight assault by the British on Fort Erie repulsed......Aug. 15, 1814 Battle of Bladensburg, the Capitol at Aug. 4, 1814 Stonington, Conn., bombarded by the British fleet under Commodore Hardy......Aug. 9-12, 1814 British fleet, with 6,000 veterans from Wellington's army under General Ross, appears in Chesapeake Bay......Aug. 14, 1814 Midnight assault by the British on Fort Erie repulsed......Aug. 15, 1814 Battle of Bladensburg, the Capitol at Washington burned......Aug. 24, 1814 Nantucket Island stipulates with the British fleet to remain neutral......Aug. 31, 1814 Sloop-of-war Wasp sinks the British sloop Avon......Sept. 1, 1814 British General Prevost crosses the Canadian frontier towards Plattsburg, N. Y., with 12,000 veteran troops......Sept. 1, 1814 F
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