The Second War with England (Vol. 1&2‪)‬

"The Second War with England" in 2 volumes is one of the best-known works by an American author Joel Tyler Headley. The War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with their respective allies, from June 1812 to February 1815.

Content:

Volume 1:

Duplicity and oppressive acts of the British Government contrasted with the forbearance of the United States

Debates in Congress on War measures

Declaration of War

Plan of the Campaign

Operations on the New York frontier

Battle of Queenstown

Battle and massacre at the River Raisin

Massacre at Fort Mimms

Attack on York

Capture of Fort George

Attack on Black Rock

Army bill

Action between the Chesapeake and Shannon

Winter operations

Democratic gain in Congress

Russian mediation offered and accepted, and commerce opened

England proposes peace

Bill for the support of military establishments

Resolutions of Otis in the Massachusetts Senate

Repeal of the embargo…

Volume 2:

The Creek War

Cruise of Commodore Porter in the Essex

Plan of the third Campaign

Attack on Sackett's Harbor

Attack on Oswego

Expedition against Mackinaw

Battle of Chippewa

Desperate battle of Niagara

Siege of Fort Erie

Assault and repulse of the British

Arrival of reinforcements

Battle of Bladensburg

Flight of the President and his Cabinet

Burning and sacking of Washington

Flight of the British

American and English fleets on Lake Champlain

McArthur's expedition

The Navy in 1814

Third Session of the 13th Congress

Hartford Convention

Night attack on the British

The battle and the victory

Arrival of the Treaty of Peace

England's views of neutral rights and the law of nations

Dartmoor Prison

Impressed Americans made prisoners of war...