By Land, Sea, & ScribBle: The : After 200 Years

General

• Howard, Hough. Mr. & Mrs Madison’s War: America’s First Couple and the Second War of Independence. New York: Bloomsbury, 2012. – New Book 973.52 HOW • Langguth, A.J. Union 1812: The Americans Who Fought the Second War of Independence. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2006. – Non-Fiction 973.52 LAN • Taylor, Alan. The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.

Barney, Joshua

• Norton, Louis Arthur. Joshua Barney: Hero of the Revolution and 1812. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2000. – Main Floor Storage B BARNEY JOSHUA NOR

Brown, Jacob

• Morris, John D. Sword of the Border: Major General Jacob Jennings Brown, 1775-1828. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2000. – B BROWN JACOB MOR

Chrysler’s Farm, Battle of, Ont., 1813

• Graves, Donald E. Field of Glory: The Battle of Chrysler’s Farm, 1813. : Robin Brass Studio, 1999. – Non-Fiction 971.034 GRA

Chesapeake Bay

• George, Christopher T. Terror on the Chesapeake: The War of 1812 on the Bay. Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Books, 2000. -- Main Floor Storage 973.525 GEO

Decatur, Stephen See also Naval Aspects

• DeKay, James Tertius. A Rage for Glory [sound recording CD]: The Life of Commodore Stephen Decatur, USN. Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books, 2004. – Books on CD CDBK B DECATUR STEPHEN DEK • Tucker, Spencer. Stephen Decatur: A Life Most Bold and Daring. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2005. – B DECATUR STEPHEN TUC

Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia of the War of 1812, David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler, eds. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC Clio, 1997. – Q 973.5203 ENC

Genealogical Resources

• General Society of the War of 1812. Register of the General Society of the War of 1812 [1972], ed. by Frederick Ira Ordway, Jr., and a 1976 bicentennial supplement to the 1972 register, ed. by Robet N. Thurtle. Baltimore: Clearfield Co., 1999. – REF 973.524 GEN • General Society of the War of 1812. Roster of the General Society of the War of 1812 [1989], and supplement to the 1989 roster, comp. & ed. by Dennis F. Blizzard. Baltimore: Repr. for Clearfield Co., by Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999. – REF 973.524 GEN • New York (State). Adjutant General’s Office. Index of Awards of Claims of the Soldiers of the War of 1812. Baltimore: Clearfield Co., 1969, repr. 1994. – REF 973.5244 NEW • North Carolina. Adjutant General’s Department. Muster Rolls of the Soldiers of the War of 1812: Detached from the Militia of North Carolina in 1812 and 1814, with an added index by Maurice S. Toler. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980. – REF 929.375 NOR • Peterson, Clarence Stewart. Known Military Dead During the War of 1812. Baltimore; Clearfield, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1955, repr. 2002. – REF 973.52 PET • War of 1812 Death Register: “Whispers in the Dark”: K.I.A., M.I.A., P.O.W.’s, Wounded & Deaths in Vermont, New York, and Along the Canadian Border During the War of 1812; Soldiers from Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.; with a Special Chapter on Participants in the Battle of Plattsburgh, American & British. Plattsburgh, NY: J. Bilow, 2011. – REF 929.373 BIL • White, Virgil D. Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, 2 vols. – REF 929.373 WHI v. 1-2

Jackson, Andrew

• Brady, Patricia. A Being So Gentle: The Frontier Love Story of Rachel and . New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. – B JACKSON ANDREW BRA • O’Brien, Sean Michael. In Bitterness and Tears: Andrew Jackson’s Destruction of the Creeks and Seminoles. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003. – Non-Fiction 975.0049 OBR -- The 1814 campaign against the Creeks, that preceded the campaign and , set the pattern of ruthless conquest, and disregard of international borders, that Jackson would pursue later into his Presidency • Remini, Robert Vincent. Andrew Jackson and His Indian Wars. New York: Viking, 2001. – Non-Fiction 973.5609 REM – The dean of Andrew Jackson scholars takes on one of the most forceful, yet troubling aspects of his personality.

Naval Aspects See also Chesapeake Bay Decatur, Stephen Star Spangled Banner

• Budiansky, Stephen. Perilous Fight: America’s Intrepid War With Britain on the High Seas, 1812-1815. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. – Non-Fiction 973.52 BUD • Daughan, George C. 1812 – The Navy’s War. New York: Basic Books, 2011. – New Book 973.52 DAU • Dye, Ira. The Fatal Cruise of the Argus: Two Captains in the war of 1812. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1994. – Non-Fiction 973.52 DYE • Magoc, Chris J. Erie Maritime Museum and U.S. Brig Niagara: Pennsylvania Trail of History Guide. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2001. Non- Fiction 917.4899 MAG • The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History, vols. 1-3, William S. Dudley, ed., et al. Washington, DC: U.S. Navy. Naval Historical Center, 1985- -- REF 973.525 NAV v. 1-3 • Roosevelt, Theodore. The Naval War of 1812. New York: Modern Library, 1999. – Classic by the future President of the U.S. (also President of the American Historical Society). • Toll, Ian W. Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2006. – Non-Fiction 359.0097 TOL -- Ed. Note: While many famous sea battles were fought in this war, the U.S. Navy had was actually founded and had established its reputation in the Revolutionary War, and had colonial antecedents. • LaViolette, Paul Estronza. Sink or Be Sunk!: The Naval Battle in the Mississippi Sound that Preceded the Battle of New Orleans. Waveland, MS: Annabelle Pub., 2002. – Non-Fiction 973.525 LAV

New Orleans, Battle of, 1815

• Remini, Robert Vincent. Battle of New Orleans. New York: Viking, 1999. – Non-Fiction 973.5239 REM

New York –Canadian Frontier

• Berton, Pierre. The Invasion of , 1812-1813. Toronto: Anchor Canada, 2001. – Non-Fiction 971.034 BER

Niagara Frontier [New York-] See also Scott, Winfield

• Barbuto, Richard V. Niagara, 1814: America Invades Canada. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2000. – Non-Fiction 973.523 BAR • Graves, Donald E. Where Right and Glory Lead!: The Battle of Lundy’s Lane, 1814. Toronto: Robin Brass, 1997. – Non-Fiction 971.034 GRA

Scott, Winfield See also Niagara Frontier

• Johnson, Timothy D. : The Quest for Military Glory. Lawrence KS: University Press of Kansas, 1998. – Main Floor Storage B SCOTT WINFIELD JOH -- Scott established his reputation on battlefields of the Niagara Frontier, then expanded it in the War with Mexico (conqueror and able administrator of Mexico City), and though often casually dismissed, and ousted by George McClellan, his Anaconda Plan became one of the bases of Union victory in the Civil War. He was also a U.S. Presidential candidate, known in later days to his troops as “Old Fuss and Feathers.”

Star Spangled Banner

• Molotsky, Irvin. The Flag, the Poet and the Song: The Story of the Star Spangled Banner. New York: Dutton, 2001. – Non-Fiction 973.52 MOL

Women’s Participation

• Barber, Terry. Laura Secord. Edmonton: Grass Roots Press, 2008. – Literacy & Languages AL BOX BIOGRAPHY

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