The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812: The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17Paine, Ralph Delahaye
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The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812: The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17
Paine, Ralph Delahaye
United States -- History -- War of 1812
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
_Guerriere_ (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 _Guerriere_, 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
Jackson, Andrew, at New Orleans, 17-18, 208 _et seq._;
and Florida expedition, 200-03;
at Horseshoe Bend, 204;
at Pensacola, 207-08
_Jacob Jones_ (destroyer), 109
_Java_ (British frigate), encounter with _Constitution_, 118-20, 154
Jefferson, Thomas, and gunboats, 8-9;
on conquest of Canada, 9-10
Johnson, Allen, _Jefferson and his Colleagues_, cited, 2
Johnson, Colonel R. M., 41, 43, 44, 46;
Jones, Captain, Jacob, of the _Wasp_, 109, 110, 111, 113;
Jones, John Paul, cited, 59;
American naval officers serve with, 92;
on the _Ranger_, 141
Kentucky, defends western border, 22;
militia, 24, 31
Key, F. S., _Star-Spangled Banner_, 198-99
Kingston, plan to capture, 72, 73;
Prevost embarks at, 77
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