Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812. Volume 2

Upon the Canada frontier the conditions of 1813 had permitted the United States an ample field for offensive operations, with good prospect of success. What use was made of the...

In broad generalization, based upon analysis of conditions, it has been said that the seacoast of the United States was in 1812 a defensive frontier, from which, as from all def...

Active operations in the field for the winter of 1813-14 came to an end with the successful incursion of the British army upon the territory of the State of New York, before nar...

General Brown's retirement within the lines of Fort Erie, July 26, 1814, may be taken as marking the definitive abandonment by the United States of the offensive on the Canada f...

The Government of the United States had been honestly loath to declare war in 1812, and had signalized its reluctance by immediate advances looking to a restoration of peace. Th...

While the movements last related in the preceding chapter were in progress, the contest for Lake Erie was brought to a final decision. After the successful transfer of the vesse...

In April, 1813, on the land frontier of the north and west, no substantial change had taken place in the conditions which gave to the United States the power of the offensive. S...

The British command of the water on Lake Ontario was obtained too late in the year 1814 to have any decisive effect upon their operations. Combined with their continued powerles...

The squadron under Commodore William Bainbridge, the third which sailed from the United States in October, 1812, started nearly three weeks after the joint departure of Rodgers...

Perry's victory was promptly followed up by himself and Harrison. Besides its ultimate influence on the general course of events, already mentioned, it produced immediate milita...

_Morris, Charles_. Captain, U.S.N. (first lieutenant of the "Constitution" in action with "Guerrière"). Commands frigate "Adams," in Potomac, ii. 162, 167; services in Potomac,...

decisive positions upon, i. 304-308; Hull's exposition of effect of naval predominance on, 339; Madison's admission concerning, 350; improved conditions on, through Chauncey's e...

Halifax and West Indian stations consolidated under, 387; charged with diplomatic overture to American Government, 390; reply received by, 391; first impressions on arrival, 392...

_Prevost, Sir George._ British general. Governor of Nova Scotia, reports failure of American embargo, i. 199. Governor-General of Canada, and commander-in-chief, reports British...

issued by Jefferson excluding British armed vessels from American waters, after "Chesapeake" affair, 160-161; Royal, directing commanders of British naval vessels to impress Bri...

Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, 1813, ii. 155-178; three divisions of the seaboard, Northern, Middle, and Southern, 178; distinctive topographical features of each, 178, 179, 183,...

course of negotiations, 127-133; signs treaty of December 31, 1806, 133; remains as minister, after Monroe's return, 135; quoted in connection with mission, 146, 177, 215, 216,...

_Stewart, Charles._ Captain, U.S.N. Commands "Constellation," ii. 11, when driven into Norfolk, and there blockaded for the rest of the war, 12; his reports while in Norfolk wat...

The Landing of the British Army, its Encampments and Fortifications on the Mississippi; Works they erected on their Retreat; with the Encampments and Fortifications of the Ameri...

_Monroe, James._ American Minister to Great Britain, i. 104, 126; reports conditions of American commerce in 1804 prosperous, 99, 100, 104, but changed in 1805, 104; consequent...

_Sackett's Harbor._ American naval station on Lake Ontario. Conditions at, i. 302, 309, 363, 374, 376; ii. 37, 38, 50, 104-106, 110-113, 119, 276, 278, 280, 281, 291, 304; ships...

correspondence with American and French Governments relative to the alleged repeal of the French Decrees, quoted, 247, 267, 268; transferred as _chargé_ to London, 264; correspo...