The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2

by Joel Tyler Headley

Backwoodsmen at Chippewa, ii, [83].
Berlin and Milan decrees, i. 20;
revoked, i. 41.
Beaver Dams, battle of, i. 221.
Blockade, rules of the Coast, i. 259, ii. [115].
Barlow, Joel, Minister to France, i. 41.
Barney, Captain, commands flotilla in the Chesapeake, ii. [116];
at Bladensburg, ii. [125].
Bœstler, Col., i. 112;
defeated at Beaver Dams, i. 221.
Brock, General, i. 83;
his death, i. 102.
Broke, Commodore, chases the Constitution, i. 137;
captures the Chesapeake, i. 246.
Brown, General, at Ogdensburg, i. 116;
defends Sackett's Harbor, i. 215;
commands on Niagara frontier, ii. [75];
at Chippewa, ii. [77];
threatens English forts on the Niagara, ii. [88];
his victory at Lundy's Lane, ii. [91];
takes command of Fort Erie, ii. [107];
his successful sortie, ii. [109].
Brooks, Lieutenant, killed on Lake Erie, i. 279.
Brooke, Colonel, succeeds General Ross, ii. [143].
Bainbridge, Captain, remonstrates with the President against laying up the navy, i. 128;
takes command of the Constitution, i. 151;
captures the Java, i. 162;
his character, i. 167;
singular dream of, i. 167.
Battle of Queenstown, i. 101;
of Lake Erie, i. 279;
of the Thames, i. 289;
of Chrystler's field, i. 298;
of La Cole Mill, i. 313;
of Talladega, ii. [20];
of the Horse Shoe, ii. [27];
of Chippewa, ii. [77];
of Lundy's Lane, ii. [88];
of Bladenburg, ii. [124];
of Plattsburgh, ii. [155];
of New Orleans, ii. [215], [217], [221].
Bills in Congress, respecting minors, i. 225, ii. [187];
army, [226];
the navy, ii. [188].
Blakely, Captain, of the Wasp, ii. [167].
Boxer taken by the Enterprise, i. 250.
Boyd, General, i. 297.
Burrows, Lieutenant, commands the Enterprise, i. 248;
captures the Boxer, his death, i. 250.
Buffalo burned, i. 300.
Bowyer Fort, defence of, ii. [201].
Beasely, agent for American prisoners in England, ii. [286].
Biddle, Captain, of the Hornet, ii. [249];
narrow escape of, from a British man of war, ii. [253], [254].

C.

Cambria, British frigate, boards an American merchantman in New York Bay, i. 19.
Canning, Prime Minister of Great Britain, i. 28.
Chesapeake and Leopard, i. 32;
Chesapeake captured, i. 236;
exultation in England, i. 247.
Campaign of 1813, plan of, i. 205;
Third into Canada, ii. [67].
Cabot, John, delegate to the Hartford Convention;
George elected President of, ii. [194].
Congress revokes the restrictive system, i. 40;
the Twelfth, state of parties, i. 42, 43;
debates in, i. 45, 50, 52;
second session, i. 224;
Debates on bonds of Merchants, &c., i. 225;
on army bill, i. 226;
acts passed, i. 243;
Thirteenth, i. 319;
leaders of, i. 320;
first session and acts of, i. 325;
second session, i. 327;
acts of, i. 345;
third session, ii. [174];
embarrassments of, ii. [188].
Campbell, Secretary of Treasury, report, ii. [175];
resigned, ii. [177].
Campbell, General, destroys Indian villages, i. 178.
Cass, Col., i. 74, 82, 85.
Calhoun, sketch of, i. 238;
speech on repeal of embargo, i. 342.
Castlereagh, i. 53, 54;
arrival at Ghent, ii. [180].
Chauncey, Commodore, commands on Lake Ontario, i. 207;
forces Sir James Yeo into Burlington, i. 293.
Chippewa, battle of, ii. [77].
Clay, elected speaker of Congress, i. 43;
speech in reply to Randolph, i. 46;
on embargo, i. 51;
against Quincy, and on impressment in the war, i. 231;
sketch of, i. 240;
asks for investigation of British outrages, i. 262;
appointed commissioner to negotiate a peace, i. 328.
Clay, Col., relieves Harrison, i. 198;
his command destroyed, i. 199;
commands Fort Meigs, i. 199.
Coffee, General, defeats Black Warrior, ii. [14];
victory of Tallushatchee, ii. [17];
helps Jackson quell a mutiny, ii. [27];
gallantry at Emuckfaw, ii. [32];
at Enotochopeo, ii. [34];
at the Horse Shoe, ii. [39];
at New Orleans, ii. [205], [209], [220].
Chrystie Col., at Queenstown, i. 101.
Chrystler's Field, battle of, i. 298.
Creek Indians, i. 194;
war with, ii. [13]- [44].
Craney Island, defence of, ii. [262].
Constitution frigate sails from Annapolis, i. 136;
chased by an English squadron, i. 137;
captures the Guerriere, i. 146;
captures the Java, i. 162;
cruise of, in 1814-15, ii. [237];
captures the Cyane and Levant, ii. [238];
takes her prizes into St. Jago, ii. [240];
chased by an English fleet, ii. [242];
affection of the nation for her, ii. [243].
Commissioners appointed to negotiate a peace, i. 328;
their mortification at the arrival of the news of the burning of Washington, ii. [117];
unfavorable news from, and their meeting at Ghent, ii. [178];
terms of the English ministers, &c., ii. [178]- [190].
Cochrane, Admiral, arrives in the Chesapeake, ii. [117];
bombards Fort McHenry, ii. [143].
Chandler, General, reinforces Winder in Canada, i. 218;
taken prisoner, i. 219.
Chittenden, Governor of Vermont, recalls a brigade, i. 321;
his apathy under the repeated calls of Macomb for aid, ii. [149].
Cockburn, i. 259;
plunders Hampton, i. 203;
his character, ii. [197];
conduct in the sack of Washington, ii. [128], [130].
Comet, privateer, Capt. Boyd, her engagement with three English merchantmen and a Portuguese brig of war, ii. [265].
Covington General, killed at Chrystler's field, i. 298.
Cheves, Langdon, appointed Speaker of the Thirteenth Congress, i. 329.
Carroll, Colonel, bravery at Talladega, ii. [20];
at New Orleans, ii. [220].
Chasseur, privateer, Capt. Boyle, description of;
her engagement with the English war schooner St. Lawrence, ii. [275].
Cruelty of British naval officers, ii. [278].
Croghan, Major, bravery at Sandusky, i. 201.
Connecticut, action of her Legislature against the bill for the enlistment of minors, ii. [187].
Clairborne, General, defeats the Indians under Weathersby, ii. [30].
Clairborne, Governor of Louisiana;
his support of Jackson, ii. [216].
Currency, deranged state of, in 1814, ii. [176].
Crowningshield, Secretary of navy, recommends a conscription of seamen, ii. [189].

D.

Dearborn appointed Major General, i. 70;
enters into an armistice with Prevost, i. 99;
enters Canada, i. 117;
retires to winter quarters, i. 118;
review of his first campaign, i. 120;
second campaign, i. 205;
attacks Fort George, i. 213;
his inaction, i. 221;
his removal, i. 222.
Dartmoor prison, description of, ii. [280];
fourth of July in, ii. [282];
in 1814, ii. [289];
daring escape from, by a lieutenant, ii. [291].
Dacres, Captain, i. 148.
Dallas, Alexander, Secretary of the Treasury, ii. [177];
his scheme to relieve the government, ii. [178];
second report on state of Treasury, ii. [189].
Decatur commands the United States, captures the Macedonian, i. 152;
blockaded in New London, and challenges two English frigates, i. 311;
commands the President, ii. [245];
chased by an English fleet, ii. [246];
his capture, ii. [247].
Decatur privateer, Capt. Diron, captures a British war schooner, ii. [268].
Dolphin, privateer, captures two English vessels, ii. [264].
Downes, Lieutenant, commands Essex Junior, ii. [48];
assists the Marquesas tribes, ii. [50];
wounded by the Typees, ii. [51].
Drummond, General, at Lundy's Lane, ii. [89];
assaults Fort Erie, ii. [100].
Drummond, Lieut.-Col, killed at Fort Erie, ii. [104].
Dudley, Colonel, killed at Fort Meigs, i. 199.
Downie, Captain, commands the British fleet in Lake Champlain, ii. [152].
Dwight, Timothy, Secretary of Hartford Convention, ii. [194].

E.

Embargo, its effect on the country, i. 26-29;
repealed, i. 32;
re-enacted, i. 50;
laid by Thirteenth Congress, i. 327;
repealed, i. 342.
Epervier, ii. [170].
Erie, Fort, assault of, by Gen. Drummond, ii. [103].
Erskine, English Minister, i. 36;
disavowal of his treaty, i. 38.
England, her conduct towards France and the world, i. 37;
astonishment at our naval victories;
her exultation over the capture of the Chesapeake;
her vast preparations for war in 1813, i. 259;
her rejoicing over the destruction of Washington compared with her condemnation of the acts of Napoleon, ii. [136], [137].
Enterprise, brig, i. 248;
captures the Boxer, i. 250;
takes the Privateer Mars;
chased by a frigate, i. 251.
Eppes succeeds Randolph in Congress, i. 319;
his report on state of finances, i. 322;
his currency scheme, ii. [127].
Essex captures the Alert, i. 143;
her cruise in the Pacific, ii. [65], [66];
is captured at Valparaiso, ii. [66].

F.

Federalists, triumph of, in New England, i, 265;
leaders of in Massachusetts, their exultation over the failure of Wilkinson's campaign, i. 301;
hostility of, i. 326.
Federalists and Democrats, i. 59-65.
Floyd, General, defeats the Indians at Autossee, ii. [31];
victorious over the Creeks, ii. [35].
Frederickton destroyed, i. 260.
Forsyth, Colonel, i. 116;
at York, i. 208.
Forsyth, John, speech of, in Thirteenth Congress, i. 337.
Fort George captured by the Americans, i. 213.

G.