December 24, 1814: Treaty of Ghent ends War of 1812
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Suggested Readings
Benn, Carl. The War of 1812. New York: Routledge, 2003.
Borneman, Walter R. 1812: The War that Forged a Nation. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2004.
Heidler, David S., and Jeanne T. Heidler, eds. Encyclopedia of the War of 1812. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1997.
Hickey, Donald R. Don’t Give Up the Ship!: Myths of the War of 1812. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2006.
The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1989.
Langguth, A. J. Union 1812: The Americans Who Fought the Second War of Independence. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2006.
Remini, Robert V. The Battle of New Orleans. New York: Viking, 1999.
Stagg, John C.A. Mr. Madison's War: Politics, Diplomacy, and Warfare in the Early American Republic, 1783-1830. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1983.
The War of 1812 on PBS: http://www.pbs.org/wned/war-of-1812/
A Guide to the War of 1812 on the Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/1812/
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Image Credits
Battle scene with line of bayonets Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, CAI - Darley, no 24
British Burning of the capitol in 1814 Architect of the Capitol
British on Cumberland and St. Mary’s in 1815, MS 1361-MP 123 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
British with Native Americans Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-31111
Impressment of American Soldiers Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-75535
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James Madison Report, Georgia Journal, July 8, 1812 pg 3 Presented online by the Digital Library of Georgia
John Floyd, Artifact Collection, A-1588-3 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
John Floyd, Artifact Collection, A-1588-4 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
Map of Sunsbury, MS 1361-MP 162 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
Massacre at Fort Mimms, Alabama Image courtesy of the Museum of Mobile
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Old Sunsbury Road Marker Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
Peace of Ghent 1814 and triumph of America Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-3686
Seat of the Creek War, Alabama Map American history: comprising historical sketches of the Indian tribe, 1847 M.H. Newman & Co. Accessed on www.archive.org
Treaty of Ghent Accessed from www.ourdocuments.gov
U.S.S Constitution and H.M.S. Java, Dec 23rd, 1812 Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-D416-20017
U.S. frigate Constitution capturing a British Ship Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-118
War of 1812 battle scene with soldiers and Indians Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, CAI – Darley, no 11
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