INDEX
Adams, John Quincy, American minister at St. Petersburg, 225.
Alexandria, capitulation of, 283.
Allen, Capt. W. H., killed, 202.
Allen, Col., 085; killed, 088.
Alwyn, Master, 069.
Angus, Capt., 169.
Appling, Major, at Sandy Creek, 256; at Plattsburg, 262.
Armistead, Major George, in command at Fort McHenry, 288.
Armstrong, Gen. John, made Secretary of War, and plans Wilkinson's expedition, 149.
Austill, J., in canoe fight, 190,, 191.
Autosse, battle of, 187.
Backus, Lieut.-Col. Electus, at Sackett's Harbor, 113; killed, 115.
Bailey, Capt., at Fort Mims, 181.
Bainbridge, Com. William, 024; cruise in the Constitution, 078.
Ball, Col., his fight with Indians, 044.
Barclay, Capt. R. H., on Lake Erie, 128.
Barney, Com. Joshua, in the defence of Washington, 275.
Barrette, Capt. G. W., killed, 220.
Barron, Capt. James, in command of the Chesapeake, 010.
Bayard, James A., made a peace commissioner, 225.
Beasley, Major Daniel, killed, 181.
Beatty, Col., at Craney Island, 173.
Beaver Dams, fight at, 122.
Beckwith, Sir S., at Hampton, 173.
Bennett, Major, at Lewiston, 164.
Biddle, Capt. James, 075; in the Hornet, 325.
Bisshopp, Lieut.-Col., attacks Black Rock, 124; killed, 125.
Bissley, a sailor, his heroism, 318.
Black Rock, N. Y., attack on, 124; fight at, 165, burned;, 166.
Bladensburg, battle of, 278.
Blakely, Capt., in the Wasp, 320.
Blakeslie, Lieut.-Col., at Black Rock, 165.
Blue-Lights, origin of the term, 205.
Blythe, Capt. Samuel, killed, 204.
Boerstler, Lieut.-Col. C. G., captures batteries on the Niagara, 099; captured at Beaver Dams, 123.
Boothbay, fight at, 273.
Bounties, 224.
Boyd, Gen. J. P., at Fort George, 108; at Chrysler's Field, 154.
Boyle, Capt., in the Comet, 216.
Brody, Col., at Lundy's Lane, 239; killed, 244.
Brant, John, at Beaver Dams, 122.
Bridgewater, battle of, 244.
British Government, character of, 353.
Brock, Gen. Isaac, assumes command at Malden, 034; receives surrender of Detroit, 036; at Queenstown, 054; death, 055.
Broke, Capt. Vere, 065; captures the Chesapeake, 179.
Brown, Gen. Jacob, at Ogdensburg, 047; at Sackett's Harbor, 113; in Wilkinson's expedition, 152; his campaign on the Niagara, 231.
Brownstown, fight at, 031.
Buffalo burned, 166.
Bum, Col., at Fort George, 111.
Burnt Corn Creek, fight at, 179.
Burrows, Lieut. Wm., killed, 204.
Bush, Lieut., 069.
Caller, Col. James, in Creek campaign, 179.
Canada, invasion of planned, 026. Canoe-fight, Dale's, 188.
Carronades described, 076.
Cass, Col. Lewis, in Detroit campaign, 032; to, 037; made provisional governor of Michigan, 148.
Castine, Me., captured, 269.
Castlereagh, Lord, quoted, 015.
Champlin, Capt. Guy R., his fight in the Armstrong, 218.
Chandler, Gen., at Stony Creek, 118.
Chapin, Maj., at Beaver Dams, 124.
Charlotte, N. Y., stores captured at, 121; bombarded, 225.
Chateaugua, battle of, 157.
Chauncey, Com. Isaac, on Lake Ontario, 098; pursues Yeo, 125; captures four vessels, 148.
Chesapeake, frigate, attacked by the Leopard, 010.
Chicago, battle of, 033.
Chippewa, battle of, 233.
Chrysler's Field, battle of, 154.
Chrystie, Lieut.-Col. John, at Queenstown, 051.
Claiborne, Gen. F. L., in Creek campaign, 187; governor of Louisiana, 333.
Clay, Gen. Green, relieves Fort Meigs, 091.
Clay, Henry, made a peace commissioner, 226.
Cochrane, Admiral, in the burning of Washington, 282.
Cockburn, Admiral, ravages the coasts of the Chesapeake, 170; in the campaign against Washington, 277.
Cocke, Gen. John, in Creek campaign, 183.
Coffee, Col. John, in Creek campaign, 183; at Horseshoe Bend, 228; at New Orleans, 335.
Coombs, Leslie, 084.
Cooper, Capt., at Hampton, 175.
Cost of the northern campaigns, 160.
Covington, Gen. L., killed, 155.
Cowell, Lieut. J. G., his heroic death, 317.
Craney Island, fight at, 172.
Creek Indians supplied with arms by British agents, 178; Jackson's campaign against them, 179.
Crockett, David, in Creek campaign, 183.
Croghan, Major, at Fort Stephenson, 094; at Michilimackinac, 259.
Crutchfield, Major, at Hampton, 174.
Dacres, Capt., loses the Guerriere, 070.
Dale, Col., killed, 344.
Dale, Gen. S., his canoe-fight, 188.
Darnell, Elias, his journal, 039.
Dartmoor, prisoners at, 348.
Davis, John, his heroism, 216.
Dearborn, Fort, 032.
Dearborn, Gen. Henry, placed in command of United States army, 023; enters into an armistice, 049; on the Niagara, 118.
Decatur, Com. Stephen, his cruise in the United States, 076; driven into New London, 204; in the President, 325.
Decrees, the Berlin and Milan, 012,, 015.
De Haren, Major, at Beaver Dams, 123;
Dennis, Capt., at Queenstown, 052.
Deserters, reclamation of, 007, to, 010.
Desha, Capt., wounded, 259.
Diron, Capt., in the Decatur, 220.
Dorchester, Lord, calls a council of Indians, 003.
Douglass, Major, at Fort Erie, 246.
Downes, Lieut. J., with Porter, 295.
Downie, Com. George, at Platts-burg, 262; killed, 267.
Drummond, Gen., takes revenge for the burning of Newark, 162; besieges Fort Erie, 244.
Drummond, Lieut.-Col., at Fort Erie, 246; killed, 247.
Dudley, Col., at Fort Meigs, 091.
Eastport, Me., captured, 268.
Econochaca, battle of, 187.
Elliott, Lieut. Jesse D., his exploit on the Niagara, 048; in battle of Lake Erie, 132.
Emucfau, fight at, 227.
Enotachopco Creek, fight at, 227.
Erie, Fort, captured by the Americans, 232; beseiged by the British, 244.
Erie, Lake, building vessels on, 127; battle of, 130; Indian battle on,136.
Eustis, Hon. Wm., 026.
Fanning, Lieut., at Sackett's Harbor, 115.
Farragut, David G., in battle of Essex and Phoebe, 314; extracts from his journal, 314.
Fitzgibbon, Lieut., at Beaver Dams, 123.
Floyd, Gen. John, in Creek campaign, 187.
Forsyth, Capt., at Gananoqui, 046; at York, 100; at Fort George, 108; in Wilkinson's expedition, 152.
Fort Wayne, siege of, 040.
Franklin, Benj., his prediction, 001.
Fredericktown, Md., ravaged, 171.
Frenchtown, battle of, 085.
Gaines, Gen., takes command on the Niagara, 244; disabled, 249.
Gallatin, Albert, made a peace commissioner, 225.
Gamble, Lieut., in Typee campaign, 300.
Gananoqui, fight at, 046.
Gattanewa, Happah chief, 298.
George III. quoted, 002.
George, Fort, capture of, 107.
Georgetown, Md., ravaged, 171.
Ghent, Treaty of, 346-7.
Gibbs, Gen. Samuel, at New Orleans, 339; killed, 344.
Gleig, Lieut., quoted, 336,, 338.
Gray, Col., at Sackett's Harbor, 115.
Hall, Gen., at Buffalo, 164.
Hamilton, Lieut., at Fort Madison, 044.
Hampden, Me., captured, 270.
Hampton, Va., destroyed, 173.
Hampton, Gen. W., his connection with Wilkinson's expedition, 150; defeated by De Salaberry, 139.
Hancock, Major, at La Colie, 232.
Hanson, Alexander, mobbed, 021.
Hardy, Sir Thomas, his expeditions on the eastern coast, 268.
Harrison, Fort, fight at, 041.
Harrison, Gen. Wm. H., in command in the West, 038,, 055,, 084; his campaign on the Thames, 140.
Hartford Convention, 326.
Havre de Grace destroyed, 170.
Heald, Capt. Nathan, in battle of Chicago, 032.
Henley, Lieut., at Plattsburg, 266.
Hillabee towns, fight at, 186.
Hillyar, Capt. James, sent out in search of the Essex, 310.
Hindman, Capt., at Fort George, 108; in Brown's campaign, 232.
Hislop, Gen., captured, 080.
Holmes Major, killed, 239.
Hoophole Creek, fight at, 137.
Horseshoe Bend, battle of, 228.
Hough. Lieut., at Stonington, 273.
Houston, Sam, in Creek campaign, 183,, 228.
Hull, Capt. Isaac, his race in the Constitution, 066; captures the Guerriere, 068.
Hull, Gen. William, his campaign, and surrender of Detroit, 028, to, 037.
Indians, armed for depredation by the British, 003.
Irvine, Capt. Armstrong, at Chrysler's
Field, 156.
Isaacs, Midshipman, 313.
Izard, Gen. George, on the Chateaugua, 159; succeeds Wilkinson, 253; fiasco on the Niagara, 258.
Jackson, Gen. Andrew, takes command of Tennessee volunteers, 183; campaign against the Creeks, 383; second campaign against the Creeks 227; his campaign on the Gulf coast, 332; his victory at New Orleans, 343.
Jesup, Major, his plan to invade Canada, 026; at Chippewa, 233; at Lupdy's Lane, 239.
Johnson, Lieut.-Col. James, at battle of the Thames, 144.
Johnson, John, his heroism, 216.
Johnson, Col. R. M., in Harrison's campaign, 140; kills Tecumseh, 145.
Jones, Capt. Jacob, sails in the Wasp, 073.
Keane, Gen., at New Orleans, 343; wounded, 344.
Key, Francis S., how he wrote the "Star-Spangled Banner,", 288.
King, Major, at York, 101.
La Colle Mill, fight at, 251.
Lafitte, Jean, in Jackson's campaign, 332.
Lambert, Capt., killed, 080.
Lambert, Gen. John, at New Orleans, 341.
Lang, John, his exploit, 074.
Larrabee, Lieut., at La Colie, 252.
Lathrop, Lieut., at Stonington., 273.
Lawrence, Capt. James, sails in the Hornet, 079; defeats the Peacock, 195; defeated in the Chesapeake, 197; killed, 199.
Lawrence, Maj. W., at Mobile, 334.
Leavenworth, Major, at Chippewa, 235; at Lundy's Lane, 239; killed, 244.
Lee, Gen. Henry, assists Hanson against rioters, 022.
Leonard, Capt., at Fort Niagara, 163; at Plattsburg, 262.
Lewis, Col., 083.
Lewistown, Del., bombarded, 168.
Lewiston, N, Y., burned, 164.
Lingan, Gen. James M., killed, 022.
Long-log Lane, battle of, 287.
Lundy's Lane, battle of, 239.
McArthur, Col., in Detroit campaign, 032.
McClure, Gen. George, his performances on the Niagara, 161.
McDonall, Lieut.-Col., at Michilimackinac, 259.
McDonell, Lieut.-Col., at Queenstown, 055.
McDonough, Lieut., at Fort Erie, 247.
Macdonough, Lieut. Thomas, at Plattsburg, 264.
McDougall, Capt., at New Orleans, 344.
McFarland, Major, killed, 244.
McHenry, Fort, bombarded, 287.
McKnight, Lieut., in Typee campaign, 305.
McNeil, Major, at Chippewa, 235; at Lundy's Lane, 239; killed, 244.
Macomb, Gen. Alexander, at Fort George, 108; in Wilkinson's expedition, 152; at Plattsburg, 261.
McPherson, Capt., at La Colie, 252.
Madison, Fort, fight at, 043.
Madison, James, President of the United States, recommends a declaration of war, 016; at Bladens-burg, 278.
Madison, Major, at Frenchtown, 088.
Maguaga, fight at, 032.
Malden, Hull's forces at, 029,, 030.
Manchester, N. Y., burned, 164.
Manners, Capt., killed, 321.
Manowa, Chief, his exploit, 230.
Martin, sloop-of-war, fight with, 169.
Meigs, Fort, siege of, 090.
Melville, Capt., at Sandy Creek, 257.
Michilimackinac captured by the British, 030; American expedition against, 258.
Miller, Col. James, at Maguaga, 031; at Lundy's Lane, 242.
Miller, Col. John, at Fort Meigs, 091.
Mills, Col., killed, 114.
Mims, Fort, massacre at., 179.
Mitchell, Lieut.-Col., at Oswego, 254.
Mobile, battle at, 334.
Monroe, Jas., at Bladensburg, 278.
Montgomery, Major L. P., at Horseshoe Bend, 229; killed, 230.
Moorfields, fight at, 285.
Moravian Town destroyed, 147.
Morris, Capt., at Hampden, 269.
Morris, Lieut., 069.
Murray, Col., at Fort Niagara, 163.
Naval Battles: Argus and Pelican, 202. Armstrong and Queen, 214; and an English frigate, 218; destroyed at Fayal, 322. Chesapeake and Shannon, 197. Comet against four vessels, 216. Constitution and Guerriere, 067; and Java, 079; and Cyane and Levant, 325. Decatur and Dominica, 220. Dolphin and two vessels, 217. Enterprise and Boxer, 202. Essex and Alert, 065; and Phoebe and Cherub, 310. Globe against two packets, 221. Grampus and a sloop, 221. Hornet and Peacock, 195. Hornet (another) and Penguin, 325. Lake Erie, Perry's victory, 130; an Indian, 136. Lottery against barges, 218. Peacock and Epervier, 320. Plattsburg, Macdonough's victory, 263. President and Belvidera, 064; and Endymion, 325; and Little Belt, 062. Saratoga and Morgiana, 221. Tompkins and a frigate, 215. United States and Macedonian, 075. Wasp and Avon, 321; and Bream, 220; and Frolic, 073; and Reindeer, 320. Yankee and Eagle, 222.
Navy, British, size of, 023.
Navy, U. S., size of at opening of war, 023; proposal to lay up, 023.
Negro sailors, protection denied to, 206.
Newark, burned, 162.
New London, Conn., American vessels blockaded at, 204.
New Orleans, British forces appear before, 336; first battle, 337; second battle, 342.
Newspapers, English, cited, 006,, 071,, 072,, 078,, 211,, 222,, 225,, 284,, 285,, 337.
Niagara, battle of, 244.
Niagara, Fort, capture and massacre, 162.
North Point, battle of, 286.
Ogdensburg, expedition against, 047.
Old Ironsides, 081.
O'Neill, at Havre de Grace, 170.
Oswego, Yeo's expedition against, 253.
Pakenham, Gen. Sir Edward, in command before New Orleans, 339; killed, 344.
Parker, Sir Peter, killed, 286.
Patterson, Com., sent against Lafitte, 333; at New Orleans, 341.
Peace negotiations, 223.
Peake, Capt., killed, 195.
Pearce, Col., at York, 103.
Pearson, Lieut.-Col., at Chippewa, 232.
Percy, Capt., at Mobile, 334.
Perry, Capt. O. H., at Fort George, 108; exploits on Lake Erie, 127; in Thames campaign, 141.
Perry, Capt., commands a battery on the Potomac, 284.
Pensacola, occupied by Jackson, 335.
Pettigrew, Lieut., captures stores, 107.
Pike, Gen. Zeb. M., in expedition against York, 101; death, 103.
Plattsburg, battle of, 261.
Poinsett, Joel R., United States Consul at Valparaiso, demands protection for the Essex, 313.
Political parties, explanation, 016.
Porter, Capt. David, commands a battery on the Potomac, 284; his cruise in the Pacific, 290.
Porter, Col.M., at Fort George, 109.
Porter, Gen. Peter B., at Black Rock, 125; in Brown's campaign, 231; at Charlotte, 255. Poultneyville, N. Y., fight at, 256.
Prairie du Chien captured, 258.
Prevost, Gen. Sir George, attacks Sackett's Harbor, 112; his invasion of New York, 260.
Prisoners, twenty-three of them held for trial, 059; treatment of, 348.
Privateers, 207; Jefferson's opinion of, 208; abolished by the Treaty of Paris, 210; some of their captures, 212; some of their battles, 215.
Proctor, Col. Henry, in Detroit campaign, 031; at Frenchtown, 086; in Thames campaign, 141.
Pryor, Capt., at Hampton, 174.
Purdy, Col., on the Chateaugua,158.
Putnam, Major, at Lastport, 268.
Queenstown, battle of, 049.
Race, a celebrated naval, 066.
Raisin, massacre at the, 089.
Randall, Col., at Stonington, 273.
Red Jacket at Chippewa, 234.
Reid, Capt. Samuel C., in the General Armstrong, 322.
Rhea, Capt., at Fort Wayne, 040.
Riall, Gen., bums villages on the Niagara, 164; at Chippewa, 232; at Lundy's Lane, 239; captured, 241.
Riddle, Lieut., at York., 103; at Buffalo, 166.
Riot in Baltimore, 021.
Ripley, Gen. E. W., succeeds, and at Lundy's Lane, 243.
Rochester, N. Y., 231.
Rodgers, Com. John, naval battles, 62-64.
Ross, Gen., his expedition against Washington, 274; killed, 286-87.
Rottenberg, Gen. de, attacks Wilkinson's expedition, 153.
Ruff, negro boy, drowned, 318.
Rule of 1756, 011.
Russell, Jonathan, made a peace commissioner, 226.
Russian Government offers mediation, 225.
Sackett's Harbor, attack on, in.
St. Clair, Commander Arth., his expedition to Michilimackinac, 258.
St. Leonard's Creek, fight in, 275.
Salaberry, Lieut.-Col. de, defeats Hampton, 157.
Sandy Creek, fight at, 256.
Scalps, bounty offered for, 003,, 179.
Scituate, Mass., shipping burned at, 273.
Scott, Lieut.-Col. Winfield, at Queenstown, 052; his repartee, 082; at Fort George, 108; at Hoophole Creek, 157; march from Plattsburg to Buffalo, 231; at Chippewa, 233; at Lundy's Lane, 239; his bad memory, 330.