War of 1812 Sites

Army Historical Series- Extracts from the Army Military History 

Battle of Baltimore

Battle of Plattsburgh Commemorative Weekend

Battles- Education site with battle by battle information The War of 1812

Battle of Plattsburgh Historic Trail

Beaumont- History of Dr. William Beaumont, Surgeon on duty during Battle of Plattsburgh a

Canadian Heritage Various prints and engravings on the War of 1812

Crysler Farm Battlefield Memorial

The Chesapeake and the Shannon Now includes official letters from both sides.

Cheektowaga Cemetary War of 1812- Listing of soldiers buried in cemetery between  August 1814 and July 1815

City of Plattsburgh, New York

Class Report: War of 1812 - Student reports on War of 1812.

Co. A 7th United States Infantry Living History Assoc. - dedicated to preserving the heritage of the Regular Army soldier, his family and associates during War of 1812, Seminole Wars and Mexican War.

Defense of Plattsburgh, Website based on Lee Hunt 1992 illustration, hosted by Clinton Community College

Discriminating General's 1812 Page- On this site find the information on 1812 events Also listen to sound clips from the 1812 era, buy recreations and find out about the regiments serving in the Canada's during 1812!

Fort George- Ontario, Canada

Fort Henry- Kingston, Ontario

Fort McHenry Guard

Fort Meigs- Perrysburg, Ohio

Fort Norfolk 1812 Garrison - Living History/Reenactment group in the Tidewater area of Virginia portraying the units that served during the War of 1812.

Fort York, Toronto, Canada

Friends of Fort George

Glengarry Light Infantry Fencibles

The Old Guard- Prints, books and videos on military history.

Multi-Ed CD-ROM War of 1812- Site has a cd-rom for sale covering 1780-1820.

Galafilm Multimedia: The War of 1812 - explore the war through eye-witness accounts, interviews with historians and more. Presented in English and French.

General Society of the War of 1812  - preserving the records and other documents relating to the war, caring for its veterans' graves of veterans, and encouraging patriotism among all Americans.

Hamilton and Scourge Project - includes information and virtual tours of warships sunk during the War of 1812 in Lake Ontario, Canada, and information on underwater archaeology techniques.

The Journal of the War of 1812

HMS Detroit- Group building a replica of the War of 1812 brig.

Historic Lakes- Site dedicated to the history of Lake Champlain and Lake George

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park - significant site of action in the Creek War, which resulted in the largest loss of life by Native Americans in conflict with US troops.

Kent Delord House 

Key Events & Causes- One page overview

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

Lancaster Enlistees-  List of enlistees from Lancaster, NY

Long Rapids Fife & Drum Corp

Marine Detachment 1812 - volunteer division affiliated with the USS Constitution Museum, dedicated to portrayal of the U.S. Marine Corps during the War of 1812.

Military Analysis Network -  America's Second War for Independence

Military Re-Enactment of Canada

Music From The War of 1812- Stan Ransom, "The Connecticut Peddler"

Named Campaigns- War of 1812

National Park Service- Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection

Naval Club of Toronto

Niagara Historical Museum

Northumberland

The Naval War of 1812- Great Link to a British site with loads of info on the War- scroll down near to the bottom.

Old Fort Niagara- Old Fort Niagara Association, Youngstown, NY

Patriots of Fort McHenry - Everything on the web related to the War of 1812 is available from links on the Fort McHenry page.

Pikes Cantonment- Plattsburgh State University Special Collections

Re-Living History- The War of 1812 Causes, Timeline, Battles, People 

Road to Washington - British Army Style - events leading up to the attack on Washington, D.C. and the writing of the Star Spangled Banner.

Roster of Ohio Soldiers in the War of 1812- Search the full text of the roster from the Adjutant General records. Ohio furnished 1,759 Officers and 24,521 enlisted men for this war.

Russia In 1812- Looks at the events in Russia during this Napoleonic period.

Sailors & Smugglers - Lake Champlain Maritime Museum Outreach Program

Snelling's Company

Star Spangled Banner- History of the Star Spangled Banner from the Smithsonian

Teddy Roosevelt- Excerpt from Roosevelt's Book on The War of 1812

The Lower St. Lawrence River Maritime History Site

The War of 1812 - A summary of the entire war (and the words to Jimmy Driftwood's song "The Battle of New Orleans".)

The War of 1812 and the Star Spangled Banner from the Smithsonian.

Timeline on the War of 1812- Simple one page site gives bullet points in a timeline.

U.S. Brig Niagara and Erie Maritime Museum - home of the U.S. Brig Niagara reconstruction of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's flagship in the battle of Lake Erie.

Vermont & The Battle of Plattsburgh

War of 1812 Website - articles, links and reenactment information.

6th Regiment of the U.S. Infantry

89th Regiment of Foot