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Theodore Roosevelt, as a young Harvard University undergraduate in 1876–77, began work on a response from the American perspective. Published in 1882 as The Naval War of 1812, the book took James to task for what Roosevelt perceived as glaring mistakes and outright misrepresentations of fact based on malicious anti-American bias and shabby research, despite James's painstaking research and ...
Listed here is the "new edition" in six volume with preface first published in London, April 1859 are available online for viewing at the Internet Archive and as they were published in 1902 are in the public domain (copyright expired): James, William (1902). The naval history of Great Britain (1448–1796). Vol. 1 (New six volume ed.).
The Naval War of 1812 is Theodore Roosevelt's first book, published in 1882. It covers the naval battles and technology used during the War of 1812 . It is considered a seminal work in its field, and had a massive impact on the formation of the modern American Navy .
The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History, Vol. 4. Washington: Naval Historical Center . ISBN 978-1-943604-36-4. James, William (1818). A full and correct account of the military occurrences of the late war between Great Britain and the United States of America; with an appendix, and plates. Volume II.
William Sitgreaves Cox (1790–1874) was an American sailor during the War of 1812. He was serving as acting lieutenant aboard the USS Chesapeake at the time of its capture by HMS Shannon . Cox was subsequently court-martialed for his actions during that engagement and discharged from the Navy.
The War of 1812. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-22029-1. Daughan, George C. (2011). 1812: The Navy's War. New York: Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-02046-1. "The Defense and Burning of Washington in 1814: Naval Documents of the War of 1812". U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Navy Department Library. 16 October 2007.
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).
When war was first declared, the British had an early advantage on the Great Lakes in that they possessed a quasi-naval body, the Provincial Marine.Although not particularly well manned or efficient, its ships were initially unopposed on Lake Erie and Lake Huron, and made possible the decisive early victories of Major General Isaac Brock.