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  2. War of 1812 - Wikipedia

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    The war in Europe against the French Empire under Napoleon ensured that the British did not consider the War of 1812 against the United States as more than a sideshow. [281] Britain's blockade of French trade had worked and the Royal Navy was the world's dominant nautical power (and remained so for another century).

  3. 169th Infantry Regiment (United States) - Wikipedia

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    On 1 June, the 1st Connecticut relieved the 12th New York Volunteer Infantry and engaged in their first engagement of the Civil War at Vienna, Virginia, where they were ambushed by Confederate troops, and PVT George H. Bugbee of A Company was wounded; the regiment's first casualty of the war. The regiment fought in the First Battle of Bull Run ...

  4. Timeline of the War of 1812 - Wikipedia

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    U.S. declaration of war on UK: 1812 Jun 22 home front 1812 Baltimore riots began 1812 Jun 23 diplomacy Finalized Repeal of Orders in Council: 1812 Jun 26 St. Lawrence River Occurrence at Carleton Island: Four U.S. civilians captured a British sergeant and three privates of the 10th Royal Veteran Battalion on Carleton Island, the first POWs of ...

  5. Robert Patterson - Wikipedia

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    This allowed Johnston to support P. G. T. Beauregard and give the Union Army their first defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. He was widely blamed for the Union loss at Bull Run and defended his Civil War performance with his book, A Narrative of the Campaign in the Valley of the Shenandoah, in 1861, published in 1865.

  6. Category:Battles of the War of 1812 - Wikipedia

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    This category contains historical battles fought as part of the War of 1812 (1812–1815). Please see the category guidelines for more information. Media related to Battles of the War of 1812 at Wikimedia Commons

  7. Philip St. George Cocke - Wikipedia

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    Philip St. George Cocke was born at Bremo Bluff in Fluvanna County, Virginia in 1809 to John Hartwell Cocke (1780-1866) a local militia officer and who would become an officer in the United States Army during the War of 1812 and the former Anne Blaus Barraud. [1]

  8. Origins of the War of 1812 - Wikipedia

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    The War of 1812 : writings from America's second war of independence (2013), primary sources online free to borrow; Horsman, Reginald. The Causes of the War of 1812 (1962). Kaplan, Lawrence S. "France and Madison's Decision for War 1812," The Mississippi Valley Historical Review, Vol. 50, No. 4. (Mar., 1964), pp. 652–671. in JSTOR

  9. John Adair McDowell (colonel) - Wikipedia

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    He was a younger brother of Irvin McDowell, the general best remembered for the First Battle of Bull Run, the first large Civil War battle. He was also the son of Abram Irvin McDowell, a former mayor of Columbus, Ohio. McDowell had served in a militia company before the war. [1] He was given the rank of colonel on June 20, 1861.