The War of 1812 involved several battles between the United States and Great Britain, with additional conflicts involving American Indians and people in the British colony of Canada. The battles resulted in some military disasters for the United States, which illustrated the weakness and the lack of preparedness of its troops.
The map below illustrates several of the major events of the War of 1812. Click on each icon to learn more about the events and the individuals involved.
Sources of images used for this section as they appear, top to bottom:
- Map - The War of 1912, maps.com
- Tippecanoe, Carl Steinbeisser, Wikipedia
- Shawnee Prophet, Tenskwata, DenseFeri, Wikipedia
- Tecumseh 02, Nikater, Wikepedia
- Battle of the Thames and the death of Tecumseh, by the Kentucky mounted volunteers led by Colonel Richard M. Johnson, 5th Oct. 1813, Emmons, William, Library of Congress
- William Henry Harrison, Jappalang, Wikimedia
- Henry Clay-Headshot, Schewing, Wikipedia
- John C. Calhoun, Rembrandt Peale, Wikimedia Commons
- James Madison, John Vanderlyn Wikimedia Commons
- General William Hull, James Sharples, Sr., National Park Service
- Issac Brock Portrait from the story of Isaac Brock, Muckapedia, Wikimedia
- Mrs. James Madison, (Dolley Payne), Gilbert Stuart, Library of Congress
- Capture and burning of Washington by the British, in 1814, Richard Miller Devens, Library of Congress
- The Star Spangled Banner, Percy Moran, Library of Congress
- Cannon, Fort McHenry Research Library
- Andrew Jackson, Thomas Sully, Wikimedia Commons
- Battle of New Orleans and death of Major General Packenham [sic] on the 8th of January 1815, Joseph Yeager, Library of Congress