WAR OF 1812 (File #2b) Contents Chesapeake Bay Campaign, 1814...............p.2 Battle of New Orleans, 8 Jan 1815...........p.5 .......p.11 See also: war1812, -a USAMHI War of 1812 - Battles RefBranch dv May 90 CHESAPEAKE BAY CAMPAIGN (Jul-Sep 1814) A Working Bibliography Contents Gen/Misc (Jul-Sep 1814)...................p.1 Bladensburg (24 Aug)......................p.2 Capture of Washington (24-25 Aug).........p.2 Attack on Baltimore (12-14 Sep)...........p.3 GEN/MISC Brant, Irving. James Madison. Vol 6: Commander in Chief, 1812- 1836. NY: Bobbs-Merrill, 1961. 627 p. E342B7. Byron, Gilbert. The War of 1812 on the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore: Maryland Hist Soc, 1964. 94 p. E360B99. Gleig, George R. The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans in the Years 1814-1815. 3d ed. London: Murray, 1827. 387 p. E355.6G559, RareBk. Ingraham, Edward D. A Sketch of the Events which Preceded the Capture of Washington, by the British, on the Twenty-Fourth of August, 1814.... Phila: Carey & Hart, 1840. 66 p. E356W3I5. London Gazette, Extraordinary (27 Sep 1814). Reprint of dispatch by Maj Gen Ross of 30 Aug 1814. 7 p. E356W3R6. Lord, Walter. The Dawn's Early Light. NY: Norton, 1972. 384 p. E354L85. Muller, Charles G. The Darkest Day: 1814, The Washington, Baltimore Campaign. Phila: Lippincott, 1963. 231 p. E355.6M8. Swanson, Neil H. The Perilous Fight.... NY: Farrar & Rinehart, 1945. 555 p. E356B2S95. U.S. Congress. American State Papers: Military Affairs. Vol I. Wash, DC: Gale & Seaton, 1832. pp. 524-99. J33. Chesapeake Bay p.2 BLADENSBURG (24 AUG) Eaton, H.B. "Bladensburg." Journal of Society for Army Hist Research IV (Spring 1977): pp. 8-14. Per. Parker, Thomas. "A Narrative of the Battle of Bladensburg in a Letter to Henry Banning, Esq." Typescript, n.d. 8 p. E356B6N23. U.S. Army Infantry School. Battle of Bladensburg. Camp Benning, GA: Inf School Press, 1921. E356B6U58. CAPTURE OF WASHINGTON (24-25 AUG) Davis, Milton S. "The Capture of Washington." US Naval Inst Proceedings 63 (Jun 1937): pp. 839-850. Per. Lloyd, Alan. The Scorching of Washington: The War of 1812. Wash, DC: Luce, 1974. 216 p. E354L55. Pack, James. The Man Who Burned the White House: Admiral Sir George Cockburgn, 1772-1853. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1987. 288 p. DA88.1C58P38. See Chap 14. Stahl, John M. The Invasion of the City of Washington: A Disagree- able Study in and of Military Unpreparedness. n.p.: Van Trump, 1918. E356W3S78. U.S. Congress. House. Report of the Committee... to Inquire into the Causes and Particulars of the Invasion of the City of Washington.... Wash, DC: Way, 1814. E356W3A4, RareBk. Williams, John S. History of the Invasion and Capture of Washington, and of the Events which Preceded and Followed. NY: Harper, 1857. 371 p. E356W3W7. Chesapeake Bay p.3 ATTACK ON BALTIMORE (12-14 SEP) Cassell, Frank A. "Baltimore in 1813: A Study of Urban Defense in the War of 1812." Mil Affairs XXXIII (Dec 1969): pp. 349-361. Per. Hickman, Nathaniel, ed. The Citizen Soldiers at North Point and Fort McHenry.... Baltimore: Hickman, 1858. E356B2H71. Jenkins, B. Wheeler. "The Shots That Saved Baltimore." MD Hist Mag 77 (Dec 1982): pp. 362-364. Per. Credits death of British commander by American sharpshooters with preventing capture of city, Sep 1814. Linthicum, John C. The Part Played by Fort McHenry and the "Star Spangled Banner" in Our Second War with Great Britain. Wash, DC: GPO, 1912. 40 p. E356B2L56. Sheads, Scott S. "And the Carcasses Red Glare, 'The Bomb Bursting in Air,' 13 September 1814." Mil Collect & Historian XL (Winter 1988): pp. 172-173. Per. The type ordnance that inspired Francis Scott Key to pen the "Star-Spangled Banner." _________. The Rockets' Red Glare: The Maritime Defense of Baltimore in 1814. Centreville, MD: Tidewater, 1986. 156 p. E356B2S54. USAMHI 1812 RefBranch la Jan 89 BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS 8 JAN 1815 A Working Bibliography Contents Gen/Misc..................................p.1 British Aspects...........................p.4 Naval Aspects.............................p.4 Personal Narrative/Memoir.................p.5 GEN/MISC Adams, Charles Francis. Studies Military and Diplomatic, 1775-1865. NY: Macmillan, 1911. pp. 174-202. E181A21. Adams, Henry. The War of 1812. Wash, DC: Inf Journal, 1944. pp. 285-323. E355A3. Armstrong, O.K. Fifteen Decisive Battles of the United States. NY: Longman, Green, 1961. pp. 120-147. E181A74. Arthur, Stanley C. The Story of the Battle of New Orleans. New Orleans: LA Hist Soc, 1915. 260 p. E356N5A7. Azoy, A.C.M. "New Orleans, Grand Finale to the War of 1812." Coast Arty Journal 83 (May-Jun 1940): pp. 232-241. Per. Brooks, Charles B. The Siege of New Orleans. Seattle, WA: UP of Washington, 1961. 334 p. E356N5B7. Brown, Wilburt S. The Amphibious Campaign for West Florida and Louisiana, 1814-1815: A Critical Review of Strategy and Tactics at New Orleans. University: Alabama UP, 1969. 233 p. E356N5B73. Carter, Samuel III. Blaze of Glory: The Fight for New Orleans 1814-1815. NY: St Martin's, 1971. 351 p. E356N5C37. Battle for New Orleans p.2 Casey, Powell A. Louisiana in the War of 1812. Baton Rouge: n.p., 1863. 204 p. pp. 82-101. E359.5L8C37. Castel, Robert. "The Battle of New Orleans." Amer Hist Illus 4 (1969): pp. 19-39. Per. Cullum, George W. Campaigns of the War of 1812-15, Against Great Britain, Sketches and Critisized; with Brief Biographies of the American Engineers. NY: Miller, 1879. pp. 304-341. E355C96. Daniels, Jonathan. The Devil's Backbone: The Story of the Natchez Trace. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1962. pp. 200-219. F341D24. Davis, P.M. Four Principal Battles of the Late War. Tarrytown, NY: Abbatt, 1917. pp. 48-54. E355.6D38. Dickson, Alexander. "Artillery Services in North American in 1814 and 1815." Journal of Society for Army Hist Research 8 (1928): pp. 79-113 & 147-148. Per. Forrester, Cecil S. "Victory at New Orleans." Amer Heritage 8 (1957): pp. 4-9 & 106-108. Per. Greene, Jerome A. The Defense of New Orleans, 1718-1900: Special History Study. New Orleans: Jean Lafitte Natl Hist Park, 1982. 598 p. F379N5G7. See esp pp. 74-96. Gregory, U.J. "Echoes from the Bayou." Mil Review 37 (1957): pp. 45-51. Per. de Grummond, Jane Lucas, and Morazan, Ronald R. The Baratarians and the Battle of New Orleans with Biographical Sketches of the Veterans of the Battalions of Orleans, 1814-1815. Baton Rouge: Legacy, 1961. 300 p. E356N5D4. Howell, Willey. "The Battle of New Orleans." Inf Journal 26 (1925): pp. 269-279. Per. Jahncke, Ernest L. "The Battle of New Orleans." US Naval Inst Proceedings 57 (1931): pp. 293-298. Per. Lossing, Benson J. The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812.... NY: Harper, 1869. pp. 1008-1057. E354L875. Niles Weekly Register. Vol 7. Baltimore: Franklin, 1814-1815. D358N69, RareBk. Battle for New Orleans p.3 Owsley, Frank L., Jr. Struggle for the Gulf Borderlands: The Creek War and the Battle of New Orleans, 1812-1815. Gainesville, FL: UP of FL, 1981. E355.1N5O97. See Chaps 11-14. Parton, James. Great Commanders: General Jackson. NY: Appleton, 1892. E382P2982. See Chaps 12-17. Raynaud, L.M. "Officers and Soldiers, 1814-1815." So Hist Soc Papers 36 (1980): pp. 133-140. E483.7S76. Reichmann, Carl. "The Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1815." Typescript, AWC, n.d. 100 p. E356N5R35. Reilly, Robin. The British at the Gates: The New Orleans Campaign in the War of 1812. NY: Putnam, 1974. 379 p. E355.6R42. Remini, Robert V. Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Empire, 1767-1821. NY: Harper & Row, 1977. E382R43. See Chaps 16-18. Smith, Zachary F. The Battle of New Orleans. Louisville, KY: Morton, 1904. 209 p. E356N5S6. Stallard, James E., III. "The Battle of New Orleans." Mil Review 50 (Mar 1970): pp. 56-73. Per. Sunseri, Alvin R. "The Battle of New Orleans." Armor 70 (1961): pp. 28-31. Per. Tompkins, William F. "A Brief Account of the Battle of New Orleans." VA Mag of Hist and Biog 61 (1953): pp. 60-67. Per[Microfilm]. Tregle, Joseph G., Jr. "Andrew Jackson and the Continuing Battle of New Orleans." Journal of the Early Republic I (Winter 1981): pp. 373-393. Per. Trussell, John B.B. "Thunder by the River." Field Arty Journal 39 (1949): pp. 173-175. Per. U.S. Works Progress Agency. "Historical Military Data, Louisiana Militia, 1811-1817." Typescript, Jackson Barracks, LA, 1941. Vols 338-339. LevD. Van Ness, William P. A Concise Narrative of General Jackson's First Invasion of Florida and His Immortal Defense of New Orleans. NY: Murden, 1827. 40 p. E355.6V26, RareBk. Battle for New Orleans p.4 Walker, Alexander. Jackson and New Orleans: An Authentic Narrative of the Memorable Achievements of the American Army, Under Andrew Jackson, Before New Orleans, in the Winter of 1814, '15. NY: H.W. Derby, 1856. 411 p. E356N5W24. Warren, Charles. Odd Byways in American History. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 1942. 269 p. E320.1W3. See pp. 177-192, "Why the Battle of New Orleans was not Painted." BRITISH ASPECTS Carr, James A. "The Battle of New Orleans and the Treaty of Ghent." Diplomatic History 3 (Summer 1979): pp. 273-282. Per. Speculation on British policy if they had won the battle. Fortescue, J.W. A History of the British Army. Vol 10. London: Macmillan, 1920. pp. 149-175. DA50F73. Geig, George R. A Narrative of the Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans Under Generals Ross, Pakenham, and Lambert, in the Years 1814 and 1815.... London: Murray, 1826. pp. 244-346. E355G55, RareBk. Slack, Chas. Handbook of Brigade Drill: Also of Ceremonial, Reviews, and Formations for Attack. London: Clowes, 1899. 79 p. UD155G7S522. To which is appended a 16-page essay on the "Battle of New Orleans, 8th January, 1815," noting some military lessons of the engagement. NAVAL ASPECTS Ainsworth, W.L. "An Amphibious Operation that Failed: The Battle of New Orleans." US naval Inst Proceedings 71 (Feb 1945): pp. 193-201. Per. Goodrich, Caspar F. "Out Navy and the West Indian Pirates." US Naval Inst Proceedings 42 (1916): pp. 1459-1475. Per. Maclay, Edgar S. "The Battle of New Orleans Half Won at Sea." Magazine of Amer Hist 16 (1913): pp. 29-34. Per. Battle for New Orleans p.5 McClelland, Edwin D. "The Navy at New Orleans." US Naval Inst Proceedings 50 (1923): pp. 2041-2060. Per. _________. "Marine Corps History, 1815-1817." Marine Corps Gazette 8 (1923): pp. 269-293. Per. Pratt, Fletcher. Preble's Boys: Commodore Preble and the Birth of American Sea Power. NY: Sloane, 1950. E335P78P7. See pp. 374-393. Roosevelt, Theodore. The Naval War of 1812: Or, the History of the United States Navy During the Last War with Great Britain, to Which is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans. St Clair Shores, MI: Scholarly Press, 1970. 549 p. E360R864. Spears, John R. History of Our Navy From its Origins to the Present Day. Vol 3. NY: Scribner's, 1897. E182S74. See pp. 229-244. PERSONAL NARRATIVE/MEMOIR Allen, George C. "A Letter Concerning the Battle of New Orleans." PA Mag of Hist and Biog 19 (1985): pp. 268-269. Per. Bassett, John S., ed. Correspondence of Andrew Jackson. Vol 2. Wash, DC: Carnegie Inst of Wash, 1927. 449 p. E382U115. Ewart, James. James Ewart's Journal Covering his Stay at the Cape of Good Hope (1811-1814) and his Part in the Expedition to Florida and New Orleans. Capetown, So Africa: Struik, 1970. DT827E9. Hayman, Henry. "Some Notes from New Orleans in 1814-1815 From the Private Memoranda of an Eyewitness." United Service Mag 2 (1890-1891): pp. 407-416. Per. Latour, A. Lacarriere. Historical Memoir of the War in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814-15, With an Atlas. Phila: Conrad, 1816. 454 p. E355.6L35, RareBk. Atlas separately bound. Stuart, James. Three Years in North America. 2 vols. Edinburgh, Scotland: Caldwell, 1833. E165S93, RareBk. Battle for New Orleans p.6 Surtees, William. Twenty-five Years in the Rifle Brigade. London: Muller, 1973. UA652R5S9. Reprint of 1823 ed; see esp Chaps 16-19. de Tousard, Louis. "Letters re the Battle of New Orleans." Mag of Amer Hist 25 (1917): pp. 40-42. Per.