✦ History

War of 1812

June 18, 1812 – February 17, 1815

Result Inconclusive

War between the United States and the United Kingdom over trade restrictions, impressment of sailors and British support for Native American resistance. It ended in a draw, but broke Native American resistance in the Northwest.

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Battles 28

August 15–16, 1812
Siege of Detroit British–First Nations victory Siege of Detroit Tecumseh, Isaac Brock, William Hull
August 15, 1812
Battle of Fort Dearborn Potawatomi victory Chicago
August 19, 1812
USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere American victory USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere James Richard Dacres, Isaac Hull
October 13, 1812
Battle of Queenston Heights British-Mohawk victory Battle of Queenston Heights Winfield Scott, Isaac Brock, Roger Hale Sheaffe
December 29, 1812
USS Constitution vs HMS Java USS Constitution vs HMS Java William Bainbridge, Henry Lambert
1813 – August 1814
Creek War American victory Southern United States Andrew Jackson, Pushmataha, John Floyd (Georgia politician)
January 18–23, 1813
Battle of Frenchtown British-Indigenous victory Battle of Frenchtown Henry Procter, Roundhead, James Winchester
April 27, 1813
Battle of York American victory Battle of York Henry Dearborn, Roger Hale Sheaffe, James Givins
April 28 – May 9, 1813
Siege of Fort Meigs American victory Siege of Fort Meigs William Henry Harrison, Tecumseh, Henry Procter
May 25–27, 1813
Battle of Fort George American victory Battle of Fort George Winfield Scott, Henry Dearborn, Oliver Hazard Perry
May 28–29, 1813
Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor American victory Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor George Prevost, Jacob Brown, James Lucas Yeo
June 1, 1813
Capture of USS Chesapeake British victory Capture of USS Chesapeake Philip Broke, James Lawrence
June 6, 1813
Battle of Stoney Creek British victory Battle of Stoney Creek William H. Winder, John Vincent, John Harvey
June 24, 1813
Battle of Beaver Dams British/First nations victory Thorold
September 10, 1813
Battle of Lake Erie American victory Battle of Lake Erie Oliver Hazard Perry, Jesse Elliott, Robert Heriot Barclay
October 5, 1813
Battle of the Thames American victory Battle of the Thames William Henry Harrison, Richard Mentor Johnson, Tecumseh
October 26, 1813
Battle of the Chateauguay Anglo-Mohawk victory Battle of the Châteauguay National Historic Site
November 11, 1813
Battle of Crysler's Farm British victory Battle of Crysler's Farm Joseph Wanton Morrison, Sir William Howe Mulcaster, James Wilkinson
July 5, 1814
Battle of Chippawa American victory Battle of Chippawa Winfield Scott, Peter Buell Porter, Phineas Riall
July 25, 1814
Battle of Lundy's Lane Battle of Lundy's Lane Winfield Scott, Phineas Riall, Eleazer Wheelock Ripley
August 4 – September 21, 1814
Siege of Fort Erie American victory Siege of Fort Erie Edmund P. Gaines, Eleazer Wheelock Ripley, Jacob Brown
August 24, 1814
Battle of Bladensburg British victory Battle of Bladensburg Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet, William H. Winder, Joshua Barney
August 24–25, 1814
Burning of Washington Burning of Washington James Madison, Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet, Robert Ross (British Army officer)
September 6–11, 1814
Battle of Plattsburgh American victory Battle of Plattsburgh Robert Henley, George Prevost, George Downie
September 12, 1814
Battle of North Point British victory Battle of North Point Samuel Smith, John Stricker, Arthur Brooke
September 12–15, 1814
Battle of Baltimore American victory Battle of Baltimore Samuel Smith, John Stricker, George Armistead
December 14, 1814
Battle of Lake Borgne British victory Battle of Lake Borgne Thomas ap Catesby Jones
January 8, 1815
Battle of New Orleans American victory Chalmette, near New Orleans Andrew Jackson, Edward Pakenham, Daniel Patterson

Key commanders

United States 44

Winfield Scott belligerent leader William Henry Harrison belligerent leader Andrew Jackson General, Won the Battle of New Orleans in January 1815 James Madison President of the United States, Asked Congress to declare war William Hull military commander Jacob Brown military commander John Rodgers (naval officer, born 1772) military commander Stephen Decatur military commander Daniel Patterson military commander Pushmataha military commander Isaac Hull military commander Stephen Van Rensselaer military commander William Wadsworth military commander James Winchester military commander George Madison military commander Henry Dearborn military commander Zebulon Pike military commander Isaac Chauncey military commander Green Clay military commander William Dudley military commander Oliver Hazard Perry military commander Morgan Lewis military commander James Lawrence military commander William H. Winder military commander John Chandler military commander Jesse Elliott military commander Richard Mentor Johnson military commander James Wilkinson military commander John Parker Boyd military commander Leonard Covington military commander Peter Buell Porter military commander Eleazer Wheelock Ripley military commander Edmund P. Gaines military commander Joshua Barney military commander Robert Henley military commander Thomas Macdonough military commander Alexander Macomb military commander Samuel Smith military commander John Stricker military commander George Armistead military commander Thomas ap Catesby Jones military commander William Bainbridge military commander John Floyd (Georgia politician) military commander Ferdinand Claiborne military commander

United Kingdom 30

Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool belligerent leader Tecumseh Shawnee leader, Fought with the British; killed at the Battle of the Thames Edward Pakenham belligerent leader Isaac Brock military commander Alexander Cochrane military commander George Prevost military commander Phineas Riall military commander Robert Ross military commander John Keane, 1st Baron Keane military commander John Lambert (British Army officer, born 1772) military commander James Richard Dacres military commander Roger Hale Sheaffe military commander John Macdonell military commander Henry Procter military commander Roundhead military commander James Givins military commander Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of Toronto military commander John Vincent military commander James Lucas Yeo military commander Philip Broke military commander John Harvey military commander Robert Heriot Barclay military commander Joseph Wanton Morrison military commander Sir William Howe Mulcaster military commander Gordon Drummond military commander Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet military commander George Downie military commander Daniel Pring military commander Arthur Brooke military commander Henry Lambert military commander

Other 1

Robert Ross (British Army officer) military commander, Commanded the British troops