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1812 : a guide to the war and its legacy / Terry Copp, Matt Symes, Caitlin McWilliams, Nick Lachance, Geoff Keelan & Jeffrey W. Mott.

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LCMSDS Press of Wilfrid Laurier University, c2013.

Historic sites -- Canada -- Guidebooks.

United States -- History -- War of 1812.

Canada -- History -- War of 1812.

Canada -- History -- War of 1812 -- Battlefields -- Guidebooks.

9781926804132 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

Eighteen twelve : a guide to the war and its legacy

264 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255) and indexes.

1812. Anglo - American Conflict -- First Nations Strategy -- Mr. Madison's War -- Madison's War -- British Strategy -- Operations in the Northwest -- Queenston Heights -- Lake Champlain Frontier – 1813. Strategic Conflict -- Operations -- Niagara Frontier -- Operations in the Northwest -- Creek Wars -- Montreal – 1814. Rival Strategies -- American Operations -- War in the West -- British Offensive -- New Orleans -- Treaty of Ghent -- Peace – Tour. Legacy of 1812 – Touring Southwestern Ontario & the Northern United States. Longwoods & Chatham-Kent -- Amherstburg & Fort Malden -- River Canard, Old Sandwich Town & Windsor -- Crossing the Border: Michigan & Ohio -- Touring the Upper St. Lawrence. Morrisburg, Prescott & Brockville -- Kingston -- Crossing the Border: Sackets Harbor -- Touring the Upper Great Lakes. St. Joseph Island & Mackinac -- Touring Toronto, Hamilton, & the Niagra Region. Toronto -- Hamilton -- Niagara-on-the-Lake -- Queenston Heights -- Niagara -- Crossing the Border: Youngstown, NY & Erie, PA – Touring Québec. Châteauguay, Lacolle & I'Ile-aux-Noix – Crossing the Border: NewYork & Vermont. Plattsburgh -- Vergennes – Touring the Maritimes. New Brunswick -- Nova Scotia – Additional Information. Further Reading -- Websites to Consult.

For Canadians, the War of 1812 has held various meanings at different times. In the immediate aftermath, alongside the “Loyalist” narrative of fleeing from the defeat of the British at the hands of American rebels, the war was regarded as redemptive for those still loyal to British North America. From the American perspective, it is merely one in a host of small-scale wars in North America, and the events of 1812—1815 are mostly forgotten in the collective memory of the United States. The authors of 1812: A Guide to the War and its Legacy believe that the War of 1812 was an important event in North American history with lasting consequences for Canadians, Americans, and First Nations. This guidebook, published by the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies, uses modern satellite images, archival records, paintings, and contemporary photographs to help readers understand what happened during the war and why it happened that way. The book includes a historical section that seeks to place events in their strategic, operational, and human context. A tour section is designed to introduce and guide readers to key locations of war and memory and offer an explanation of the fluid memory that has evolved over the last two hundred years. The War of 1812 has been forgotten, reimagined, and invented anew many times, and the itineraries of the guide illustrate that ever-changing process of commemoration. -- Provided by publisher.

Copp, Terry, 1938-

McWilliams, Caitlin.

Lachance, Nick, 1982-

Mott, Jeffrey W.

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