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
Ohio, Hull sends troops to, 16;
defends western border, 22;
militia, 31
"Old Ironsides," 101, see also _Constitution_
Ontario, Lake, Chauncey in command on, 47, 48, 49, 50;
battle at Sackett's Harbor, 77-79
Orne, Captain W. B., 104
Paine, R. D., _The Old Merchant Marine_, cited, 93 (note)
Pakenham, General Sir Edward, at New Orleans, 209-210, 212, 213, 214, 216-17
Patterson, Commodore D. T., at New Orleans, 214
_Peacock_ (British brig) and _Hornet_, 127
_Peacock_ (sloop-of-war), 144
_Pelican_ (British brig), 142
Pennsylvania, brigade in Western campaign from, 23;
militia at Erie, 52-53
Pensacola, British pull down Spanish flag at, 204-05;
Jackson at, 207-08
Perry, O. H., 180-81;
victory on Lake Erie, 21, 46 _et seq._, 166;
and Harrison, 41, 63;
famous message, 41, 62
_Philadelphia_ (frigate), 92
_Phoebe_ (British frigate) and _Essex_, 157-65
_Pilot_, The, on destruction of the _Java_, 123-24
Plattsburg, Dearborn at, 71;
troops moved from, 74, 80;
Izard at, 175, 176;
Prevost at, 176, 177,178
Plattsburg Bay, battle of, 177-184, 219
_Poictiers_ (British ship), 113
_Pomone_ (British frigate), 150
Porter, Captain David, of the _Essex_, 151;
raids on British whaling fleet, 154-56;
_Phoebe_ and _Cherub_ seek, 157-64;
account of surrender of _Essex_, 163-64
_President_ (frigate), 141, 147, 148, 149;
encounters _Belvidera_, 94-95;
Rodgers in command of, 101;
captured, 150
Presqu' Isle (Erie), navy yard at, 48;
_see also_ Erie
Prevost, Sir George, Governor General of Canada, 54;
crosses Lake Ontario, 77;
defends Montreal, 84-85;
goes to Plattsburg, 176, 177;
quoted, 176-77, 178-79
Privateers, 93
Procter, Colonel Henry, battle of the Raisin, 26;
character, 26;
and Harrison, 30, 34, 37-38;
at Fort Meigs, 31-32, 33;
at Fort Stephenson, 36;
blames Indians for defeat, 36-37;
Brock reports to, 40-41;
and Tecumseh, 42;
official disgrace, 45
Put-in Bay, Perry at, 54
_Queen Charlotte_ (British ship), 56, 58, 60
Queenston, attack on, 65-67;
British at, 168, 170
Quincy, Josiah, 91
Raisin River, massacre at, 20, 26-30, 36;
Winchester at Frenchtown, 25
_Ranger_ (frigate), 141
_Rattlesnake_ (brig), 137
_Reindeer_ (British brig), 145
Rennie, Colonel, British officer, 217
Riall, General Phineas, 168,170
Ripley, General E. W., 173
Ripley, John, seaman on _Essex_, 162
Rodgers, Commodore John, 94, 95, 101, 113-14
Ross, General Robert, 188, 194;
and Barney, 195;
in Washington, 196;
against Baltimore, 197;
killed, 198
Rush, Richard, quoted, 132
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