War Experience
American forces failed to conquer Canada, but they won key naval battles on Lake Erie and the Atlantic, as well as defensive battles against British invasions of the United States.
Invading Canada
A series of American invasions of Canada led to the collapse of a Native American coalition, but not to the conquest of a British colony.
Fighting Battles
Col. Johnsons mounted men charging a party of British artillerists and Indians, at the battle fought near Moravian Town October 2nd 1813
Engraving by Ralf Rawdon Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
New York State Militia Coat
New York State Militia Coat
CWM 19780515-022
Naval Triumphs
USS Constitution
Engagement between the U.S. Frigate Constitution and H.M.S. Guerriere
Painted by Carlton Chapman in 1895 Courtesy of the New-York Historical Society, New York, New York
A Symbol of Victory
A Symbol of Victory Wood Carving
United States Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, Maryland
Battle of Lake Erie
Battle of Lake Erie Medallion
Tilston Memorial Collection of Canadian Military Medals CWM 19760209-002
America Besieged
A Piece of the White House
A Piece of the White House
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan
The Bombardment of Fort McHenry
A View of the Bombardment of Fort McHenry, near Baltimore, by the British Fleet … on the Morning of the 13th Sept. 1814
Print by John Bower, 1814 Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library, Providence, Rhode Island
American Victory
American forces won the last battle of the War of 1812 at New Orleans, Louisiana, in January 1815.
Final Victory
Battle of New Orleans
Painted by Jean-Hyacinthe Laclotte in 1815 New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
Baker Rifle, Pattern 1805
Baker Rifle, Pattern 1805
CWM 20010254-003