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