Lawrence, Captain, sails under Rodgers, i. 133;
challenges the Bonne Citoyenne, i. 160;
captures the Peacock, i. 170;
takes command of the Chesapeake, i. 244;
engages the Shannon, i. 245;
his death, i 246.
Lawrence, Major, his defence of Fort Bowyer, ii. [201]
Leavenworth, Major, gallantry at Chippewa, ii. [80];
gallantry at Lundy's Lane, ii. [87].
Lewis, Colonel, defeats the British at Frenchtown, i. 179;
captured, i. 181.
Lewistown burned, i. 306.
Lowndes, sketch of, i. 239.
M.
Madison, President, character of, i. 34, 35;
war messages, i. 55;
his conduct at the invasion of Washington, ii. [118]- [123];
his flight, ii. [129];
message to Congress, Sept. 1814, ii. [177];
message to Congress, accompanying English Protocol from Ghent, ii. [182].
Madison, Mrs., her heroism at the burning of Washington, ii. [129];
refused admittance to a tavern, ii. [133].
Madison, Major, his bravery at Frenchtown, i. 182.
Madison Island, ii. [49].
Madison sloop of war, i. 207.
Marquesas Island, rendezvous of Porter, ii. [49].
Mackinaw taken by the English, i. 77;
expedition against, ii. [72].
Macomb, General, at Plattsburgh, ii. [148];
asks Governor Chittenden for aid, ii. [149];
defeats the British, ii. [155].
Massachusetts Legislature, action of, against the war, i. 268;
against the bill for the enlistment of minors, ii. [187];
raises an army to be under its own control, ii. [192].
Massacre at Frenchtown, i. 189;
effect of in Kentucky, i. 185;
at Fort Mimms, i. 196.
McLure, General, at Fort George, i. 303;
burns Newark, i. 304;
his proclamation and neglect to protect Fort Niagara, i. 304, 305.
Meigs, Fort of, i. 197;
invested by Proctor, i. 197.
Manners, Captain, death of, ii. [167].
Mitchell's speech in Congress, i. 52.
Mimm's Fort, i. 196.
Mackinaw Fort surrendered, i. 77.
Miller, Colonel, defeats British at Brownstown;
joins Harrison, i. 199;
heroic answer at Lundy's Lane, ii. [89], [90].
Mitchell, Colonel, gallant defence of Oswego, ii. [70].
McArthur, Colonel, i. 85;
his expedition into Canada, ii. [163].
McNeill, Major, bravery at Chippewa, ii. [78];
at Lundy's Lane, ii. [86].
McHenry, Fort of, ii. [142].
Madonough, Commodore, in Plattsburgh bay, ii. [152];
defeats the British squadron, ii. [155].
Macedonian, ship, taken by the United States, i. 153.
Montgomery, Major, killed at the battle of the Horse Shoe, ii. [38].
Monroe, Secretary of State, his conduct at Bladensburgh, ii. [123].
Morgan, Major, checks the enemy at Black Rock, ii. [101].
Morgan, General, at New Orleans, ii. [220].
Morris, Lieutenant, wounded in taking the Guerriere, i. 147;
commands the Adams sloop of war, ii. [165].
N.
Nash, Captain, base treatment of Commodore Porter, ii. [63].
Non-Intercourse law, i. 32.
Nautilus schooner captured, i. 138.
Napoleon, i. 85, 86, 258.
Navy, strength of, i. 125;
neglect of, i. 126;
saved by Captains Bainbridge and Stewart, i. 128;
increase of, i. 176;
history of, in 1814, ii. [165];
bill for increase of, ii. [188];
review of, ii. [256]. [257].
Naval victories, effect of, at home and abroad, i. 171.
Naval force in 1814, i. 346.
Neufchatel privateer beats off the crew of the Endymion, ii. [269].
Nonsuch privateer engages two English vessels, ii. [264].
New England, her hostility to war, i. 58, ii. [191];
exempted from blockade, i. 259.
New Hampshire Legislature abolishes all the courts of the State, i. 325.
New Orleans, description of, ii. [206];
feelings of the inhabitants, ii. [207].
Niagara Fort surprised, i. 304.
Nicholson, Lieutenant, escapes an English frigate, ii. [173].
O.
Orders in Council, British, i. 20;
repealed, i. 342;
effect of, in this country, i. 27-92.
Ogdensburg, attack of, i. 117.
Oneida sloop, i. 206.
Ontario, Lake, description of, i. 206;
naval superiority, i. 207;
cost of vessels in, i. 258.
Oswego attacked by Sir James Yeo, ii. [69].
P.
Packenham, Sir Edward, attacks the lines at New Orleans, ii. [215].
Parker, Sir Peter, killed, ii. [141].
Peacock, Captain Harrington, captures the Epervier, ii. [172];
chased by an English man of war, ii. [252].
Perry on Lake Erie, i. 271, 273, 274;
sets sail, i. 275;
engages the enemy, i. 278;
conduct after the battle, i. 283;
at the battle of the Thames, i. 287.
President frigate, affair with the Little Belt, i. 42;
puts to sea, i. 132;
chases the Belvidere, i. 134;
beats the Endymion, and finally captured by an English fleet, ii. [247].
Pinckney, American Minister to England, i. 41;
commands Baltimore regiment at Bladensburg, ii. [118]- [124].
Pike, Colonel, incursion into Canada, i. 117;
captures York, i. 208;
his death, i. 210.
Pickering, Timothy, description of, his speech against loan bill of Thirteenth Congress, i. 335.
Pitkin, i. 335.
Plattsburg, description of, ii. [149];
battle of, ii. [155].
Peace, tidings of, effect on the nation, ii. [229]- [230].
Porter, General, i. 114;
at Chippewa, ii. [77];
his gallantry and narrow escape at Fort Erie, ii. [109]- [111].
Porter, Captain, commands the Essex;
capture of the Alert, i. 143;
his cruise in the Pacific, ii. [45]- [66];
his daring escape and reception in New York, ii. [65], [66].
Proctor, Colonel, advances against Frenchtown, i. 180;
defeats the Americans, i. 181;
leaves the prisoners to be massacred, i. 182;
his character, i. 185;
invests Fort Meigs, i. 197;
abandons the siege, i. 199;
defeated at Sandusky, i. 201;
retreats from Malden, i. 286;
defeated at the Thames, i. 289.
Prescot, Governor-general of Canada, i. 99;
letter to Brooke, i. 121;
attacks Sackett's Harbor, i. 215;
advances against Plattsburgh, ii. [148];
his retreat, ii. [161].
Protocol, English, at Ghent, ii. [181];
transmitted to Congress, ii. [182];
its effect on the nation, ii. [183];
its reception in England, ii.
Privateering, account of, ii. [257];
defence of, ii. [261];
acts of Congress respecting, ii. [262], [263].
Privateers, characteristic names of, ii. [263];
superiority to English, ii. [277];
character of their commanders, ii. [277].
Prisoners, American, treatment of, in England, ii. [280];
sufferings in Dartmoor prison, ii. [281]- [285];
assailed by French prisoners, ii. [283];
denounce American agent for prisoners, ii. [287];
neglected by government, ii. [287];
their employments, ii. [288];
number of, ii. [292];
massacre of, ii. [294].
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