Category: History - American
Jackson's first service -- Is appointed commander-in-chief of the Tennessee forces -- Co-operation of other states -- Jackson enters the Creek nation -- Difficulties of his position -- General Coffee's expedition -- Relieves Fort Talladega -- Battle of -- Stormy condition of h...
Jackson's first service -- Is appointed commander-in-chief of the Tennessee forces -- Co-operation of other states -- Jackson enters the Creek nation -- Difficulties of his posi...
2. CHAPTER II.Cruise of Commodore Porter in the Essex -- Arrival at Valparaiso -- Capture of British whalers and letters of marque -- Essex Junior -- Marquesas Islands -- Description of the n...
3. CHAPTER III.Plan of the third Campaign -- Attack on Sackett's Harbor -- Attack on Oswego -- Woolsey transports guns to Sackett's Harbor -- Capture of the detachment sent against him -- Expe...
4. CHAPTER IV.Brown takes command of the army at Niagara -- Crosses the river into Canada -- Battle of Chippewa -- Brilliant charge of the Americans -- Desperate battle of Niagara -- Conduct...
5. CHAPTER V.Siege of Fort Erie -- Assault and repulse of the British -- Brown takes command -- Resolves to destroy the enemy's works by a sortie -- Opposed by his officers -- The sortie --...
6. CHAPTER VI.British plan of invading our sea ports -- Arrival of reinforcements -- Barney's flotilla -- Landing of the enemy under Ross -- Doubt and alarm of the inhabitants -- Advance of t...
7. CHAPTER VII.Macomb at Plattsburg -- American and English fleets on Lake Champlain -- Advance of Prevost -- Indifference of Governor Chittenden -- Rev. Mr. Wooster -- Macdonough -- The two b...
8. CHAPTER VIII.The Navy in 1814 -- Cruise of Captain Morris in the Adams -- Narrow escapes -- The Wasp and Reindeer -- Cruise of the Wasp -- Sinks the Avon -- Mysterious fate of the Wasp -- Th...
9. CHAPTER IX.Third Session of the XIIIth Congress -- State of the Treasury -- The President's Message -- Dallas appointed Secretary of the Treasury -- His scheme and that of Eppes for the re...
10. CHAPTER X.Attitude of New England -- Governor Strong -- Views and purposes of the Federalists -- Anxiety of Madison -- Prudence of Colonel Jesup -- Result of the Convention -- Fears of th...
11. CHAPTER XI.General Jackson appointed Major-General -- Hostility of Spain -- Gallant defence of Fort Bowyer -- Seizure of Pensacola -- Jackson at New Orleans -- Approach and landing of the...
12. CHAPTER XII.Cruise of the Constitution -- Action with the Cyane and Levant -- Chased by a British fleet -- England's views of neutral rights and the law of nations -- Her honor and integrit...
13. CHAPTER XIII.Character and daring of our privateers -- Skill of American seamen -- Acts of Congress relative to privateering -- Names of ships -- Gallant action of the Nonsuch -- Success of...
14. CHAPTER XIV.Impressed Americans made prisoners of war -- Treatment of prisoners -- Prison Ships -- Dartmoor prison -- Neglect of American prisoners -- Their sufferings -- Fourth of July in...
15. CHAPTER I.Jackson's first service -- Is appointed commander in-chief of the Tennessee forces -- Co-operation of other states -- Jackson enters the Creek nation -- Difficulties of his posi...
16. CHAPTER II.Cruise of Commodore Porter in the Essex -- Arrival at Valparaiso -- Capture of British whalers and letters of marque -- Essex Junior -- Marquesas Islands -- Description of the n...
17. CHAPTER III.Plan of the third Campaign -- Attack on Sackett's Harbor -- Attack on Oswego -- Woolsey transports guns to Sackett's Harbor -- Capture of the detachment sent against him -- Expe...
18. CHAPTER IV.Brown takes command of the army at Niagara -- Crosses the river into Canada -- Battle of Chippewa -- Brilliant charge of the Americans -- Desperate battle of Niagara -- Conduct...
19. CHAPTER V.Siege of Fort Erie -- Assault and repulse of the British -- Brown takes command -- Resolves to destroy the enemy's works by a sortie -- Opposed by his officers -- The sortie --...
20. CHAPTER VI.British plan of invading our sea ports -- Arrival of reinforcements -- Barney's flotilla -- Landing of the enemy under Ross -- Doubt and alarm of the inhabitants -- Advance of t...
21. CHAPTER VII.Macomb at Plattsburg -- American and English fleets on Lake Champlain -- Advance of Prevost -- Indifference of Governor Chittenden -- Rev. Mr. Wooster -- Macdonough -- The two b...
22. CHAPTER VIII.The Navy in 1814 -- Cruise of Captain Morris in the Adams -- Narrow escapes -- The Wasp and Reindeer -- Cruise of the Wasp -- Sinks the Avon -- Mysterious fate of the Wasp -- Th...
23. CHAPTER IX.Third Session of the XIIIth Congress -- State of the Treasury -- The President's Message -- Dallas appointed Secretary of the Treasury -- His scheme and that of Eppes for the re...
24. CHAPTER X.Attitude of New England -- Governor Strong -- Views and purposes of the Federalists -- Anxiety of Madison -- Prudence of Colonel Jesup -- Result of the Convention -- Fears of th...
25. CHAPTER XI.General Jackson appointed Major-General -- Hostility of Spain -- Gallant defence of Fort Bowyer -- Seizure of Pensacola -- Jackson at New Orleans -- Approach and landing of the...
26. CHAPTER XII.Cruise of the Constitution -- Action with the Cyane and Levant -- Chased by a British fleet -- England's views of neutral rights and the law of nations -- Her honor and integrit...
27. CHAPTER XIII.Character and daring of our Privateers -- Skill of American seamen -- Acts of Congress relative to privateering -- Names of ships -- Gallant action of the "Nonsuch" -- Success o...
28. CHAPTER XIV.Impressed Americans made prisoners of war -- Treatment of prisoners -- Prison Ships -- Dartmoor prison -- Neglect of American prisoners -- Their sufferings -- Fourth of July in...