In the immediate aftermath of the war, American commentators painted the battles of 1812-15 as part of a glorious “second war for independence.” As the 19th century progressed, this view ...

“There’s a sense that America’s identity is at stake,” says Wood, who calls 1812 “an ideological war.” It was also extremely unpopular. The vote to declare war was the closest in U.S ...

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For decades, the Canadian Regiment of Fencible Infantry has crossed the border to work with American re-enactors to ...

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Daniel Dobbins and Jesse Elliott, key figures in the War of 1812, apparently crossed the ... on the ice," Dobbins recalled. The American fleet would have been lying in the ice in Erie months ...