INDEX
Adair, John, [215]
Adams, Henry, quoted, [20], [117]
Adams (ship), [141]
Alabama, Indians aroused in, [201]
Alabama raids compared with those of Essex, [154]
Albany, militia at Sackett's Harbor from, [77]
Alexandria, British fleet at, [197]
Allen, Captain W. H., [142], [143]
Amherstburg, Canadian post, [11];
Hull plans assault, [11], [14], [16];
Brock at, [17];
defeat of British, [21], [42];
Harrison against, [24], [25];
Procter commands, [26];
British advance from, [27]
Anderson, James, of the Essex, [162]
Annapolis, British fleet at, [187]
Argus (brig), [94];
and the Pelican, [142-44]
Ariel (brig), [57], [62]
Armstrong, John, Secretary of War, [37], [175];
plans offensive, [72], [80], [84];
and Wilkinson, [81-82];
orders winter quarters, [82]
Army, in 1812, [5-8];
state control, [6-8];
incapable officers, [10-11];
at Niagara, [14-15];
Hull's forces, [15];
mutiny, [17];
failure to supply, [24];
forces under Winchester, [25];
at New Orleans, [210-11]
Astrea (ship), [218]
Avon (British brig), fight with Wasp, [146-47]
Bainbridge, Captain William, [90], [95], [117], [121], [127], [136-137], [138]
Baltimore, British fleet at, [187];
attack on, [197-99], [219]
Bangor (Me.), British land at, [187]
Barclay, Captain R. H., British officer, [52], [53], [54], [56], [60], [61]
Barney, Commodore Joshua, [92], [189], [193], [194];
account of battle of Bladensburg, [195]
Barrancas, Fort, [208]
Barron, Commodore James, [91]
Belfast (Me.), British at, [187]
Belvidera (British frigate), [96];
fight with President, [94-95]
Benton, T. H., and Jackson, [202]
Betsy (brig), [104]
Biddle, Lieutenant James, on the Wasp, [111-12]
Biddle, Captain Nicholas, [92]
Black Rock, navy yard at, [39], [48];
Elliott at, [49];
invasion of Canada from, [70];
Indians against, [88]
Bladensburg, battle, [191-96]
Blakely, Captain Johnston, [137], [144], [145], [146], [147]
Blockade, [124-25], [148], [185]
Blyth, Captain Samuel, [140]
Boerstler, Colonel, [76]
Bonne Citoyenne (British sloop-of-war), [126]
Bowyer, Fort, [206], [207]
Boxer, duel with Enterprise, [189-40]
Boyd, General J. P., [74], [76], [83]
Brewster (Mass.), war levy, [188]
Brock, Major General Isaac, British commander, [12-13], [14];
against Hull, [15], [17];
Hull surrenders Detroit to, [18-19];
on Elliott's victory, [40];
on Niagara River, [65];
killed, [66]
Broke, Captain P. V., of the Shannon, [96], [128-29], [130], [134], [138-39]
Brown, General Jacob, at Sackett's Harbor, [77], [78], [79];
at Chrystler's Farm, [82-83];
Niagara campaign, [167], [168], [169], [170];
at Lundy's Lane, [171-72], [191]
Budd, George, second lieutenant on Chesapeake, [134]
Buffalo, Elliott at, [38];
difficulty of taking supplies to, [47];
American regulars sent to, [65];
base of operations, [70], [72];
Indians against, [88]
Burrows, Captain William, of the Enterprise, [139]
Cabinet advises General Winder, [192]
Caledonia (British brig), [38-39];
Elliott captures, [39];
in American squadron, [49-50], [56]
Canada, "On to Canada!" slogan of frontiersmen, [4];
vulnerable point in War of 1812, [9], [10];
population and extent, [10];
plans for invasion of, [13-14];
Hull abandons invasion of, [16];
Niagara campaign, [64] et seq., [167-77]
Canning, George, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, [92]
Carden, Captain J. S., of the Macedonian, [114], [115], [116]
Cass, Colonel Lewis, [18]
Castine, British land at, [187]
Champlain, Lake, Dearborn on, [71];
Hampton in command, [80], [81];
Macdonough's victory, [166] et seq.
Chandler, General John, [74], [75]
Chateauguay River, Hampton on, [84], [85]
Chauncey, Captain Isaac, leads sailors from New York to Buffalo, [39];
in command of naval forces on Lakes Erie and Ontario, [47], [48];
extreme caution, [49], [55], [56], [170-71];
on Lake Ontario, [49], [50], [63];
and Perry, [50-51], [55], [56];
and Niagara campaign, [72], [73], [74], [77], [82], [170-71]
Cherub (British sloop-of-war), [157], [159], [160], [161]
Chesapeake (frigate), and Leopard, [91];
Lawrence on, [96], [127-28];
defeated by Shannon, [128-39];
Allen on, [142]
Chesapeake Bay, blockade of [185];
Cockburn in, [186];
British army comes to, [189];
British fleet in, [197]
Chippawa, Brock's forces at [65], [67];
battle, [168-70]
Chrystler's Farm, battle, [83]
Chub (British schooner), [180]
Clay, Brigadier General Green, [31]
Clay, Henry, on conquest of Canada, [9]
Cleveland, Harrison's headquarters at, [33]
Cochrane, Vice Admiral Alexander, [198], [218]
Cockburn, Rear Admiral George, [186], [195], [196]
Cod, Cape, British raids on, [188]
Coffee, General John, [211], [215]
Confiance (British frigate), [179], [180]
Congress, declares war on Great Britain (1812), [4];
and the navy, [90];
votes prize money for Constitution, [107];
prize money for Wasp, [113];
and maritime trouble with France, [152];
refuses to sanction Jackson's expedition, [201]
Congress (frigate), [94], [141]
Connecticut, attitude toward War of 1812, [7]
Constellation (frigate), [92], [141], [187]
Constitution (frigate), [2], [125];
Hull and, [95], [116], [128];
now in Boston Navy Yard, [95-96];
encounter with British squadron, [96-99];
and Guerrière, [100-07], [108], [122-23];
"Old Ironsides," [101];
under Bainbridge, [116-17];
health conditions on, [117-18];
encounter with Java, [118-21], [123-24], [154];
Lawrence and, [126];
influence, [139];
in 1813, [141];
gains open sea in 1814, [147]
Creek Indians, [201]
Creighton, Captain J. O., [137]
Crockett, David, [202]
Croghan, Major George, at Fort Stephenson, [34-35], [36], [38], [46]
Crowninshield, Captain George, [136]
Cyane (British frigate), [147]
Dacres, Captain John, of the Guerrière, [100], [101], [102], [103], [104]
Dayton (O.), Hull takes command at, [12]
Dearborn, Major General Henry, plans invasion of Canada, [13], [73];
commander-in-chief of American forces, [14];
incompetency, [14];
and Niagara campaign, [64], [65], [74-75], [76];
campaign against Montreal, [71-72];
wishes to retire, [72], [75];
Armstrong and, [72];
Brown reports battle of Sackett's Harbor to, [78-79];
retired, [80];
age, [117]
Dearborn, Fort (Chicago), burned, [19];
massacre, [20]
Decatur, Captain Stephen, [138];
and the Philadelphia (1804), [92];
squadron commander, [94];
on the United States, [114], [115];
on the President, [148], [149];
Defiance, Fort, [24]
Delaware Bay, blockade of, [185]
Derby, Captain John, [218]
Detroit, [64];
first campaign from, [11], [14];
Hull at, [12], [13], [14], [15], [16];
mutiny at, [15];
surrender of, [17-18], [19], [20], [22], [106-07];
in British hands, [31];
Procter abandons, [42];
Harrison returns to, [45]
Detroit (brig), taken from Hull, [38];
Elliott captures, [39-40]
Detroit (British ship), [54], [56], [57], [60]
Downes, Lieutenant John, [155], [156]
Downie, Captain George, British officer, [178], [183]
Drummond, General Sir George Gordon, [172]
Eagle (brig), [180]
Eastham (Mass.), war levy, [188]
Eastport (Me.), captured, [187]
Elliott, Lieutenant J. D., builds fleet on Lake Erie, [38], [48];
captures Caledonia and Detroit, [39-40];
with Perry, [54], [58]
Endymion (British frigate), [150]
Enterprise (brig), encounter with Boxer, [139-40]
Epervier (British brig), fight with Peacock, [144]
Erie, Barclay off, [52];
see also Presqu' Isle
Erie, Fort, Elliott captures ships near, [39];
Brock at, [65];
Americans capture, [168];
Scott and Brown occupy, [173]
Erie, Lake, Hull's schooner captured on, [12];
Perry on, [21], [40] et seq.;
Harrison on shores of, [24], [30];
Chauncey in command on, [47], [48]
Essex (frigate), [141], [147];
last cruise, [151] et seq.;
building of, [153];
capture by Hillyar, [161-65]
Essex, Junior (cruiser), [156], [159]
Eustis, William, Secretary of War, [24]
Faneuil Hall, banquet for Hull at, [106]
Farragut, Admiral D. G., [181];
motto, [46];
cited, [59];
midshipman on Essex, [161-62]
Finch (British schooner), [180]
Florida, West, Jackson and, [200]
France, American feeling toward, [3];
as maritime enemy, [151-52], [154]
Fredericktown burned, [186]
"Free Trade and Sailors' Rights," [3], [91], [137]
Frenchtown, see Raisin River
Frolic (British brig), encounter with Wasp, [108-13]
Galapagos Islands, Essex at, [155]
Gallatin, Albert, quoted, [219-220]
George, Fort, British fort, [67];
evacuated by British, [74-75];
retaken, [87]
Georgia, Indians aroused in, [201]
Georgiana (British whaling ship), Essex captures, [155];
renamed Essex, Junior, [156]
Great Britain, and free sea, [2-3];
Indian wars, [4];
war declared on (1812), [4];
and Indians, [10];
and Napoleon, [124];
blockading measures, [124-25]
Great Lakes, British on, [38]
Guerrière (British frigate), [2], [96];
encounter with Constitution, [100-07], [108], [122-23];
celebration of capture, [116]
Hamilton, Alexander, Izard aide to, [175]
Hampton, General Wade, in campaign against Montreal, [80], [81], [83-84], [86];
and Wilkinson, [80-81];
cause of failure, [86];
age, [117]
Hampton, British foray on village of, [187]
Haraden, Captain Jonathan, [153]
Harrison, General W. H., campaign, [22] et seq.;
report to Secretary of War, [29-30];
Croghan and, [35];
Armstrong on, [37-38];
and Perry's victory, [41], [63];
resumes campaign, [42];
becomes President of United States, [45]
Havre de Grace burned, [186]
Hazen, Benjamin, of the Essex, [162]
Henry (brig), [186], [187]
Hermes (British sloop-of-war), [207]
Hillyar, Captain James, British officer, [157], [158], [159-60], [161], [164-65]
Hornet (sloop-of-war), [48], [94];
Lawrence on, [126];
and Peacock, [127];
in South American waters, [154]
Horseshoe Bend, battle, [204]
Houston, Samuel, [202]
Hull, Captain Isaac, of the Constitution, [95], [128], [138];
and British squadron, [96], [97], [98], [99];
and Guerrière, [101], [102], [103], [106];
and Dacres, [104];
victory celebrated, [106], [107], [108];
gives up command of Constitution, [116-17];
at Lawrence's funeral, [136]
Hull, General William, [34], [68], [71], [88], [98];
Detroit campaign, [11] et seq.;
troops, [15], [17];
surrender, [19];
court-martial, [19-20];
Harrison and, [22];
age, [117]
Impressment of seamen, [90]
Indian wars, enmity toward Great Britain because of, [4]
Indians, British and, [10], [55];
against Americans, [16], [67], [76];
in Canadian army, [17];
Procter and, [26];
abandon British cause, [44];
ravage frontier, [88];
massacre at Fort Mims, [202]
Izard, General George, [175], [176]