Chapter 3:: The War of 1812

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Chapter 3 The War of 1812
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Abstract

The War of 1812 achieved few, if any, of the aims set by President Madison in his War Message to Congress in the summer of 1812. The conflict divided the country almost as much as the Civil War would half a century later. The United States lost most of the land battles it expected to win, yet it won most of the sea actions it fought against the British Navy, the most powerful naval force in the world at the time.

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