Volume 17 — INDEX

Adair, John, 215 Adams, Henry, quoted, 20, 117 Adams (ship), 141 Alabama, Indians aroused in, 201 Alabama raids compared with those of Essex, 154 Albany, militia at Sackett's Harbor from, 77 Alexandria, British fleet at, 197 Allen, Captain W. H., 142, 143 Amherstburg, Canadian post, 11; Hull plans assault, 11, 14, 16; Brock at, 17; defeat of British, 21, 42; Harrison against, 24, 25; Procter commands, 26; British advance from, 27 Anderson, James, of the Essex, 162 Annapolis, British fleet at, 187 Argus (brig), 94; and the Pelican, 142-44 Ariel (brig), 57, 62 Armstrong, John, Secretary of War, 37, 175; plans offensive, 72, 80, 84; and Wilkinson, 81-82; orders winter quarters, 82 Army, in 1812, 5-8; state control, 6-8; incapable officers, 10-11; at Niagara, 14-15; Hull's forces, 15; mutiny, 17; failure to supply, 24; forces under Winchester, 25; at New Orleans, 210-11 Astrea (ship), 218 Avon (British brig), fight with Wasp, 146-47

Bainbridge, Captain William, 90, 95, 117, 121, 127, 136-137, 138 Baltimore, British fleet at, 187; attack on, 197-99, 219 Bangor (Me.), British land at, 187 Barclay, Captain R. H., British officer, 52, 53, 54, 56, 60, 61 Barney, Commodore Joshua, 92, 189, 193, 194; account of battle of Bladensburg, 195 Barrancas, Fort, 208 Barron, Commodore James, 91 Belfast (Me.), British at, 187 Belvidera (British frigate), 96; fight with President, 94-95 Benton, T. H., and Jackson, 202 Betsy (brig), 104 Biddle, Lieutenant James, on the Wasp, 111-12 Biddle, Captain Nicholas, 92 Black Rock, navy yard at, 39, 48; Elliott at, 49; invasion of Canada from, 70; Indians against, 88 Bladensburg, battle, 191-96 Blakely, Captain Johnston, 137, 144, 145, 146, 147 Blockade, 124-25, 148, 185 Blyth, Captain Samuel, 140 Boerstler, Colonel, 76 Bonne Citoyenne (British sloop-of-war), 126 Bowyer, Fort, 206, 207 Boxer, duel with Enterprise, 189-40 Boyd, General J. P., 74, 76, 83 Brewster (Mass.), war levy, 188 Brock, Major General Isaac, British commander, 12-13, 14; against Hull, 15, 17; Hull surrenders Detroit to, 18-19; on Elliott's victory, 40; on Niagara River, 65; killed, 66 Broke, Captain P. V., of the Shannon, 96, 128-29, 130, 134, 138-39 Brown, General Jacob, at Sackett's Harbor, 77, 78, 79; at Chrystler's Farm, 82-83; Niagara campaign, 167, 168, 169, 170; at Lundy's Lane, 171-72, 191 Budd, George, second lieutenant on Chesapeake, 134 Buffalo, Elliott at, 38; difficulty of taking supplies to, 47; American regulars sent to, 65; base of operations, 70, 72; Indians against, 88 Burrows, Captain William, of the Enterprise, 139

Cabinet advises General Winder, 192 Caledonia (British brig), 38-39; Elliott captures, 39; in American squadron, 49-50, 56 Canada, "On to Canada!" slogan of frontiersmen, 4; vulnerable point in War of 1812, 9, 10; population and extent, 10; plans for invasion of, 13-14; Hull abandons invasion of, 16; Niagara campaign, 64 et seq., 167-77 Canning, George, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 92 Carden, Captain J. S., of the Macedonian, 114, 115, 116 Cass, Colonel Lewis, 18 Castine, British land at, 187 Champlain, Lake, Dearborn on, 71; Hampton in command, 80, 81; Macdonough's victory, 166 et seq. Chandler, General John, 74, 75 Chateauguay River, Hampton on, 84, 85 Chauncey, Captain Isaac, leads sailors from New York to Buffalo, 39; in command of naval forces on Lakes Erie and Ontario, 47, 48; extreme caution, 49, 55, 56, 170-71; on Lake Ontario, 49, 50, 63; and Perry, 50-51, 55, 56; and Niagara campaign, 72, 73, 74, 77, 82, 170-71 Cherub (British sloop-of-war), 157, 159, 160, 161 Chesapeake (frigate), and Leopard, 91; Lawrence on, 96, 127-28; defeated by Shannon, 128-39; Allen on, 142 Chesapeake Bay, blockade of 185; Cockburn in, 186; British army comes to, 189; British fleet in, 197 Chippawa, Brock's forces at 65, 67; battle, 168-70 Chrystler's Farm, battle, 83 Chub (British schooner), 180 Clay, Brigadier General Green, 31 Clay, Henry, on conquest of Canada, 9 Cleveland, Harrison's headquarters at, 33 Cochrane, Vice Admiral Alexander, 198, 218 Cockburn, Rear Admiral George, 186, 195, 196 Cod, Cape, British raids on, 188 Coffee, General John, 211, 215 Confiance (British frigate), 179, 180 Congress, declares war on Great Britain (1812), 4; and the navy, 90; votes prize money for Constitution, 107; prize money for Wasp, 113; and maritime trouble with France, 152; refuses to sanction Jackson's expedition, 201 Congress (frigate), 94, 141 Connecticut, attitude toward War of 1812, 7 Constellation (frigate), 92, 141, 187 Constitution (frigate), 2, 125; Hull and, 95, 116, 128; now in Boston Navy Yard, 95-96; encounter with British squadron, 96-99; and Guerrière, 100-07, 108, 122-23; "Old Ironsides," 101; under Bainbridge, 116-17; health conditions on, 117-18; encounter with Java, 118-21, 123-24, 154; Lawrence and, 126; influence, 139; in 1813, 141; gains open sea in 1814, 147 Creek Indians, 201 Creighton, Captain J. O., 137 Crockett, David, 202 Croghan, Major George, at Fort Stephenson, 34-35, 36, 38, 46 Crowninshield, Captain George, 136 Cyane (British frigate), 147

Dacres, Captain John, of the Guerrière, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104 Dayton (O.), Hull takes command at, 12 Dearborn, Major General Henry, plans invasion of Canada, 13, 73; commander-in-chief of American forces, 14; incompetency, 14; and Niagara campaign, 64, 65, 74-75, 76; campaign against Montreal, 71-72; wishes to retire, 72, 75; Armstrong and, 72; Brown reports battle of Sackett's Harbor to, 78-79; retired, 80; age, 117 Dearborn, Fort (Chicago), burned, 19; massacre, 20 Decatur, Captain Stephen, 138; and the Philadelphia (1804), 92; squadron commander, 94; on the United States, 114, 115; on the President, 148, 149; Defiance, Fort, 24 Delaware Bay, blockade of, 185 Derby, Captain John, 218 Detroit, 64; first campaign from, 11, 14; Hull at, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16; mutiny at, 15; surrender of, 17-18, 19, 20, 22, 106-07; in British hands, 31; Procter abandons, 42; Harrison returns to, 45 Detroit (brig), taken from Hull, 38; Elliott captures, 39-40 Detroit (British ship), 54, 56, 57, 60 Downes, Lieutenant John, 155, 156 Downie, Captain George, British officer, 178, 183 Drummond, General Sir George Gordon, 172

Eagle (brig), 180 Eastham (Mass.), war levy, 188 Eastport (Me.), captured, 187 Elliott, Lieutenant J. D., builds fleet on Lake Erie, 38, 48; captures Caledonia and Detroit, 39-40; with Perry, 54, 58 Endymion (British frigate), 150 Enterprise (brig), encounter with Boxer, 139-40 Epervier (British brig), fight with Peacock, 144 Erie, Barclay off, 52; see also Presqu' Isle Erie, Fort, Elliott captures ships near, 39; Brock at, 65; Americans capture, 168; Scott and Brown occupy, 173 Erie, Lake, Hull's schooner captured on, 12; Perry on, 21, 40 et seq.; Harrison on shores of, 24, 30; Chauncey in command on, 47, 48 Essex (frigate), 141, 147; last cruise, 151 et seq.; building of, 153; capture by Hillyar, 161-65 Essex, Junior (cruiser), 156, 159 Eustis, William, Secretary of War, 24

Faneuil Hall, banquet for Hull at, 106 Farragut, Admiral D. G., 181; motto, 46; cited, 59; midshipman on Essex, 161-62 Finch (British schooner), 180 Florida, West, Jackson and, 200 France, American feeling toward, 3; as maritime enemy, 151-52, 154 Fredericktown burned, 186 "Free Trade and Sailors' Rights," 3, 91, 137 Frenchtown, see Raisin River Frolic (British brig), encounter with Wasp, 108-13

Galapagos Islands, Essex at, 155 Gallatin, Albert, quoted, 219-220 George, Fort, British fort, 67; evacuated by British, 74-75; retaken, 87 Georgia, Indians aroused in, 201 Georgiana (British whaling ship), Essex captures, 155; renamed Essex, Junior, 156 Great Britain, and free sea, 2-3; Indian wars, 4; war declared on (1812), 4; and Indians, 10; and Napoleon, 124; blockading measures, 124-25 Great Lakes, British on, 38 Guerrière (British frigate), 2, 96; encounter with Constitution, 100-07, 108, 122-23; celebration of capture, 116

Hamilton, Alexander, Izard aide to, 175 Hampton, General Wade, in campaign against Montreal, 80, 81, 83-84, 86; and Wilkinson, 80-81; cause of failure, 86; age, 117 Hampton, British foray on village of, 187 Haraden, Captain Jonathan, 153 Harrison, General W. H., campaign, 22 et seq.; report to Secretary of War, 29-30; Croghan and, 35; Armstrong on, 37-38; and Perry's victory, 41, 63; resumes campaign, 42; becomes President of United States, 45 Havre de Grace burned, 186 Hazen, Benjamin, of the Essex, 162 Henry (brig), 186, 187 Hermes (British sloop-of-war), 207 Hillyar, Captain James, British officer, 157, 158, 159-60, 161, 164-65 Hornet (sloop-of-war), 48, 94; Lawrence on, 126; and Peacock, 127; in South American waters, 154 Horseshoe Bend, battle, 204 Houston, Samuel, 202 Hull, Captain Isaac, of the Constitution, 95, 128, 138; and British squadron, 96, 97, 98, 99; and Guerrière, 101, 102, 103, 106; and Dacres, 104; victory celebrated, 106, 107, 108; gives up command of Constitution, 116-17; at Lawrence's funeral, 136 Hull, General William, 34, 68, 71, 88, 98; Detroit campaign, 11 et seq.; troops, 15, 17; surrender, 19; court-martial, 19-20; Harrison and, 22; age, 117

Impressment of seamen, 90 Indian wars, enmity toward Great Britain because of, 4 Indians, British and, 10, 55; against Americans, 16, 67, 76; in Canadian army, 17; Procter and, 26; abandon British cause, 44; ravage frontier, 88; massacre at Fort Mims, 202 Izard, General George, 175, 176

Jackson, Andrew, at New Orleans, 17-18, 208 et seq.; and Florida expedition, 200-03; at Horseshoe Bend, 204; at Pensacola, 207-08 Jacob Jones (destroyer), 109 Java (British frigate), encounter with Constitution, 118-20, 154 Jefferson, Thomas, and gunboats, 8-9; on conquest of Canada, 9-10 Johnson, Allen, Jefferson and his Colleagues, cited, 2 Johnson, Colonel R. M., 41, 43, 44, 46; Jones, Captain, Jacob, of the Wasp, 109, 110, 111, 113; Jones, John Paul, cited, 59; American naval officers serve with, 92; on the Ranger, 141

Kentucky, defends western border, 22; militia, 24, 31 Key, F. S., Star-Spangled Banner, 198-99 Kingston, plan to capture, 72, 73; Prevost embarks at, 77

Lady Prevost (British schooner), 56 Lafitte, Jean, 206 Lafitte, Pierre, 206, 211, 215 Lambert, Captain Henry, of the Java, 118 Lang, Jack, sailor on the Wasp, 111 La Vengeance (French ship) and Constellation, 93 Lawrence, Captain James, of the Chesapeake, 96, 127-28, 129-30; on the Hornet, 126, 127; fights Shannon, 130-136; death, 131, 133, 135; account of funeral, 136-37 Lawrence (brig), 49, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58 Leopard and Chesapeake, 91, 142 Levant (British sloop-of-war), fight with Constitution, 147 Lewis, General Morgan, 75-76, 83 Linnet (British brig), 180 L'Insurgente (French ship) and Constellation, 92 Long Island Sound, British fleet in, 188 Ludlow, Lieutenant A. C, of the Chesapeake, 133, 136, 137 Lundy's Lane, battle, 2, 171-173

McArthur, Colonel, 18 Macdonough, Commodore Thomas, on Lake Champlain, 166, 167, 171, 178, 179-84 Macedonian (British frigate), Decatur captures, 114-16, 142; as American frigate, 141 McHenry, Fort, 197, 198 Mackinac, fall of, 19, 20 Mackinaw, see Mackinac M'Knight, Lieutenant, S. D., of the Essex, 163 Macomb, Brigadier General Alexander, 177 Madison, James, and Hull, 12, 19; reviews troops, 191; at battle of Bladensburg, 192; policy as to West Florida, 200 Mahan, Captain A. T., quoted, 128 Maine, British raids, 187 Malden (Amherstburg), 43; see also Amherstburg Massachusetts, attitude toward War of 1812, 7, 91 Maumee Rapids, Harrison at, 30 Maumee River, Hull at, 12 Meigs, Fort, massacre at, 20, 32; built, 30; Procter besieges, 31-32, 36; Harrison again at, 33 Merchant marine, 93 Miller, Captain, at battle of Bladensburg, 195 Miller, Colonel John, 17, 33 Mims, Samuel, 202 Mims, Fort, massacre, 202 Mississippi Valley and invasion of Florida, 200 Mobile, Jackson at, 204, 206-207, 208 Montreal, plan of attack, 14; campaign against, 71, 82-87 Moraviantown, Procter goes to, 42 Morris, Lieutenant Charles, on the Constitution, 101, 107 Mulcaster, Captain W. H., 83 Murray, Colonel, British officer, 87

Napoleon, Great Britain and, 2; offenses against American commerce, 8 Navy, 8-9, 38; on Lake Erie, 46 et seq.; on the sea, 89 et seq.; augmented by private subscriptions, 152; victory on Lake Champlain, 166 et seq. Nelson, Horatio, Viscount, quoted, 141 New England, attitude toward War of 1812, 7-8; British raids in, 187-88 New Orleans, battle of, 166, 175, 208-18, 219 New York, apprehension in, 148 Niagara, campaign planned, 13-14; American forces at, 14-15; campaign, 64 et seq.; renewal of struggle for region of (1814), 167-77 Niagara (brig), 49, 53, 54, 56, 58, 59 Niagara, Fort, 87 Nicholls, Major Edward, 205 Norfolk, Warren attacks, 187 Northwest Territory regained for United States, 44, 63

Ohio, Hull sends troops to, 16; defends western border, 22; militia, 31 "Old Ironsides," 101, see also Constitution Ontario, Lake, Chauncey in command on, 47, 48, 49, 50; battle at Sackett's Harbor, 77-79 Orne, Captain W. B., 104

Paine, R. D., The Old Merchant Marine, cited, 93 (note) Pakenham, General Sir Edward, at New Orleans, 209-210, 212, 213, 214, 216-17 Patterson, Commodore D. T., at New Orleans, 214 Peacock (British brig) and Hornet, 127 Peacock (sloop-of-war), 144 Pelican (British brig), 142 Pennsylvania, brigade in Western campaign from, 23; militia at Erie, 52-53 Pensacola, British pull down Spanish flag at, 204-05; Jackson at, 207-08 Perry, O. H., 180-81; victory on Lake Erie, 21, 46 et seq., 166; and Harrison, 41, 63; famous message, 41, 62 Philadelphia (frigate), 92 Phoebe (British frigate) and Essex, 157-65 Pilot, The, on destruction of the Java, 123-24 Plattsburg, Dearborn at, 71; troops moved from, 74, 80; Izard at, 175, 176; Prevost at, 176, 177, 178 Plattsburg Bay, battle of, 177-184, 219 Poictiers (British ship), 113 Pomone (British frigate), 150 Porter, Captain David, of the Essex, 151; raids on British whaling fleet, 154-56; Phoebe and Cherub seek, 157-64; account of surrender of Essex, 163-64 President (frigate), 141, 147, 148, 149; encounters Belvidera, 94-95; Rodgers in command of, 101; captured, 150 Presqu' Isle (Erie), navy yard at, 48; see also Erie Prevost, Sir George, Governor General of Canada, 54; crosses Lake Ontario, 77; defends Montreal, 84-85; goes to Plattsburg, 176, 177; quoted, 176-77, 178-79 Privateers, 93 Procter, Colonel Henry, battle of the Raisin, 26; character, 26; and Harrison, 30, 34, 37-38; at Fort Meigs, 31-32, 33; at Fort Stephenson, 36; blames Indians for defeat, 36-37; Brock reports to, 40-41; and Tecumseh, 42; official disgrace, 45 Put-in Bay, Perry at, 54

Queen Charlotte (British ship), 56, 58, 60 Queenston, attack on, 65-67; British at, 168, 170 Quincy, Josiah, 91

Raisin River, massacre at, 20, 26-30, 36; Winchester at Frenchtown, 25 Ranger (frigate), 141 Rattlesnake (brig), 137 Reindeer (British brig), 145 Rennie, Colonel, British officer, 217 Riall, General Phineas, 168, 170 Ripley, General E. W., 173 Ripley, John, seaman on Essex, 162 Rodgers, Commodore John, 94, 95, 101, 113-14 Ross, General Robert, 188, 194; and Barney, 195; in Washington, 196; against Baltimore, 197; killed, 198 Rush, Richard, quoted, 132

Sackett's Harbor, Lake Ontario, invasion of Canada planned from, 13-14; Chauncey, at, 47, 48; in Niagara campaign, 72, 74, 76-77; battle at, 77-79; campaign against Montreal, 80, 81; Brown at, 167; fleet at, 170 St. Lawrence River, plan to gain control of, 72; Wilkinson's army descends, 80; Wilkinson abandons voyage down, 83-84 Salaberry, Colonel de, 85, 86 Salem contributes Essex to navy, 152 Salem Marine Society, 136 Saratoga (flagship), 180 Scorpion (brig), 57, 62 Scott, Michael, Tom Cringle's Log, quoted, 145 Scott, Winfield, quoted, 5; at Queenston, 66; at Chippawa, 68, 168-69; taken prisoner, 68; in control of army, 73; at Fort George, 74; on Wilkinson, 80; trains Brown's troops, 167; at Lundy's Lane, 171, 172, 191; wounded, 173 Seneca, Harrison at, 37, 38, 41 Shannon (British frigate), encounter with Constitution, 96-99; defeats Chesapeake, 128-39 Shipbuilding on Lake Erie, 50 Sims, Vice-Admiral W. S., 220-21 Smith, General Samuel, 197 Smyth, Brigadier General Alexander, 65, 66, 68-69, 70-71 Sophie (British ship), 207 Spain and West Florida, 200 Squaw Island, Elliott at, 38 Stephenson, Fort, Harrison at, 34; Croghan at, 36, 46; Procter's defeat, 36, 37-38 Stewart, Captain Charles, 136, 147 Stonington, British bombard, 188 Stony Creek, battle, 75

Tecumseh, 16, 18, 31, 32, 34, 42; death, 44; and Creek Indians, 201 Tenedos (British frigate), 150 Thames River, Procter's defeat at, 43-44 Thornton, Colonel Sir William, British officer, 214 Ticonderoga (schooner), 180 Times, London, account of fight of Guerrière, 122-23 Tippecanoe campaign, 20 Toronto, see York Transportation, effect of blockade on, 148

United States (frigate), 94, 139; captures Macedonian, 114-116, 142; and blockade, 141 Upper Sandusky, Harrison's headquarters, 33, 34

Valparaiso, Essex at, 155, 156, 157; Essex and Phoebe at, 158 et seq. Van Rensselaer, Major General Stephen, 64, 65, 66, 68, 71 Vincent, General John, British officer, 74, 75 Virginia, brigades from, 23

War of 1812, a victory, 1; causes, 2-4; army, 5-8; "Mr. Madison's War," 8; navy, 8-9, 89 et seq.; campaign in West, 11 et seq.; Perry and Lake Erie, 46 et seq.; the Northern Front, 64 et seq.; victory on Lake Champlain, 166 et seq.; peace with honor, 185 et seq.; bibliography, 223-25 Warren, Admiral Sir J. B., 138, 185, 187 Warrington, Captain Lewis, of the Peacock, 144 Washington, George, on need of regular army, 6-7; and Hull, 11 Washington, Capitol burned, 73, 196; naval ball to celebrate capture of Guerrière, 116; British fleet causes consternation in, 187; British decide to attack, 189; capture of, 166, 190-96 Wasp (sloop-of-war), 48; encounter with Frolic, 108-13; last cruise, 144-47; disappearance, 147 Wellfleet (Mass.), war levy, 188 Whinyates, Captain Thomas, of the Frolic, 109, 112 Wilkinson, James, succeeds Dearborn, 80; character, 80; Hampton and, 81, 84; and Armstrong, 81; campaign, 82, 83, 84, 86, 87; age, 117 Winchester, General James, as a leader, 24-25; at Raisin River, 25, 26-27, 28 Winder, General W. H., in Niagara campaign, 74, 75; at Washington, 190-91, 192 Wool, Captain J. E., at Queenston, 66

Yeo, Sir James, 49, 77 York (Toronto), plans to capture, 72, 73 capture, 73