![]() ![]() from the north, Williams said, and raids around Chesapeake Bay were designed to divert U.S. Army had proven itself equal on the battlefield by the summer of 1814 - as evident with the Battles of Chippewa, Lundy's Lane, Fort Erie and Plattsburgh," he added.īesides wanting to defend Canada from further invasions, the British were planning their own counter-invasion of the U.S. "I think it is important to note that the U.S. At the beginning of the war, many units were not well-trained, but improved over time, he said. The problem came in trying to expand from a 6,000-man force to a 35,000-man one, starting in the spring of 1812. The pre-expansion Army was well-trained and well-led. Army, given the circumstances leading up to the war - meaning a small Army (described in part one of this three-part series). Williams said the War of 1812 was, by-in-large, a success for the U.S. The Chesapeake Campaign, which ended with the Battle of Baltimore in September 1814, was really a diversion, undertaken by the British to draw the Americans away from the campaign in Canada, said Glenn Williams, U.S. 2, 2014) - The burning of federal buildings in the nation's capital 200 years ago this week was a psychological victory for the British, but little else, according to an Army historian. ![]()
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