ASIN: B01M3RO6OM
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Pages: 168
*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of accounts of the battles written by soldiers*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsSandwiched between the Revolution and the Civil War, the War of 1812 is one of America’s forgotten conflicts, and the stalemated nature of the war (which resolved virtually none of either side’s war aims) has also ensured that it is often given merely a cursory overview. Indeed, one of the few aspects of the war that remains common knowledge is that the most famous battle, the Battle of New Orleans, was fought after the Treaty of Ghent had formally ended the war. One other famous aspect of the war is that one of the battles inspired Francis Scott Key to pen the Star-Spangled Banner, which ultimately became America’s national anthem. While the British horrified many Americans with the ease in which they sacked the ...
