Title: War in the Chesapeake : the British campaigns to control the Bay, 1813-14 /
Authors: Neimeyer, Charles Patrick, 1954-
Year: 2015
Subjects: Military campaigns.; United States History Campaigns.; Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) History, Military; Maryland History Campaigns.; Virginia History Campaigns.; Maryland; United States; United States Chesapeake Bay Region; Virginia
Abstract: In the early nineteenth century, the United States of America was far from united. The United States faced internal strife over the extent of governance and the rights of individual states. The United States' relationship with their former colonial power was also uncertain. Britain impressed American sailors and supported Native Americans' actions in the northwest and on the Canadian border. In the summer of 1812, President James Madison chose to go to war against Britain. War in the Chesapeake illustrates the causes for the War of 1812, the political impacts of the war on America, and the war effort in the Chesapeake Bay. -- Amazon.com.
Contents: Prelude to war -- The war begins -- The British arrive, 1813 -- The campaign to take Norfolk -- The British return, 1814 -- The Patuxent River and Bladensburg -- The battle for Baltimore.