Part one: "How the War of 1812 Eroded U.S. Liberalism" As the War of 1812 with Great Britain approached during the Republican administration of James Madison, the War Hawks saw silver linings ...

Army History, No. 88 (Summer 2013), pp. 42-57 (16 pages) Skelton, An American Profession of Arms, pp. 3, 9–10; Michael A. Bonura, Under the Shadow of Napoleon: French Influence on the American Way of ...

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Fewer than 400 American soldiers were killed in battle, but 1,500 died from yellow fever. ... War of 1812 > U.S. non-mortal wounds: 4,505 > Total U.S. deaths: 15,000 ...

A Black man who served in the Maryland State Militia during the War of 1812 and was long denied the military recognition most soldiers in his situation were granted has been declared a veteran of ...

The Mexican-American War officially ended with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in February 1848. After the war, the United States gained over 500,000 square miles to expand, creating a larger area ...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Sept. 4, 2014) -- The Americans needed a victory after the humiliation at Bladensburg, Maryland, and the burning of the Capitol. They didn't have to wait long. The ...

The War of 1812 was a series of military disasters, and its greatest U.S. victory came in the Battle of New Orleans, fought on January 8, 1815, after the Treaty had been signed in Belgium.

Workers from Lough Memorials erect a headstone in St. John’s Cemetery for Samuel A. Neale, a Black War of 1812 veteran who has been denied the traditional military honor because of protocols ...

Today, the Battle of New Orleans is one of the most storied fights in American military history, known even to those who may know nothing else about the War of 1812 because the stakes were high.