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For Students 9th - 10th
The Lake Champlain and the Lake George Historical website in Vermont, has produced a graphics intensive website on the Battle of Plattsburgh, an important series of combats between American and British armies during the War of 1812. This...
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Action Between Hms Shannon and Uss Chesapeake, June 1, 1813, by John T. Lee

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This famous portrait in Canadian History by John T. Lee, showing the capture of the American Chesapeake during the War of 1812 by the British HMS Shannon, is reproduced on the Living Memory website from the National Library of Canada.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sir James Lucas Yeo

For Students 9th - 10th
Sir James Lucas Yeo KCB (7 October 1782 - 21 August 1818) was a British Naval commander who served in the War of 1812. He participated in several sea battles during the Napoleonic Wars, so successfully that he was made a post captain at...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: William Henry Winder

For Students 9th - 10th
William Henry Winder (1775 - 1824) was an American soldier and a Maryland lawyer. He was a controversial general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. He was commissioned as a colonel in the U.S. Army at the start of the War of 1812....
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Etc: Jackson's Indian and Gulf Campaigns, 1813 1818

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the Gulf region showing the campaigns of Andrew Jackson during the Red Stick War with the Creeks (1813-1814), his campaign to New Orleans during the War of 1812 (1815), and during the First Seminole War (1817-1818). The map...
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For Students 9th - 10th
This is an attempt to show the progress of the Battle at Crysler's Farm during the War of 1812 in a dynamic fashion. Students with some background knowledge on the battle may get an insight on the battle's progression through this...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General Robert Patterson

For Students 9th - 10th
General Patterson, born in Cappagh, County Tyrone, Ireland, January 12th, 1792, died in Philadelphia, Pa., August 7th, 1881. He was commissioned first lieutenant of infantry in the War of 1812, and afterward served on General Joseph...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Chesapeake Campaign, 1814

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the Chesapeake Campaign (1814) of the War of 1812 showing the routes of British advance and retreat on the capture of the city of Washington and Battle of Baltimore, the routes of the American forces, American fortifications,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Vicinity of Baltimore, 1814

For Students 9th - 10th
A sketch map of the vicinity of Baltimore during the War of 1812 showing British movements after the burning of Washington in August, 1814. The map shows the Patapsco River and Chesapeake Bay, the British fleet position in the bay, the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Lake Erie, 1813

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Lake Erie during the War of 1812 showing the site of the naval Battle of Lake Erie (10 September, 1813). The map shows Lake St. Claire, Detroit, and Erie Pennsylvania.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Chesapeake Bay, 1813 1814

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the upper Chesapeake Bay area showing important sites during the War of 1812, including the British landing site at Benedict on their campaign to capture Washington, the site of the Battle of Bladensburg, Washington, and Fort...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Vicinity of Washington, 1814

For Students 9th - 10th
A sketch map of Washington and the District of Columbia during the War of 1812 when British forces occupied and burned the public buildings in the city (August, 1814). The map shows the British advance on the city after the Battle of...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Plattsburgh Bay

For Students 9th - 10th
Site of Battle of Plattsburgh, where U.S. land and naval forces repulsed the last foreign invasion attempt on the northern states during the War of 1812.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Charles Scott Todd

For Students 9th - 10th
Charles Scott Todd (January 22, 1791 - May 17, 1871) was a United States army officer and government official. He was a subaltern and judge-advocate of General James Winchester's division in the War of 1812. In 1813, he was made a...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: George Armistead

For Students 9th - 10th
George Armistead was an American military officer who served as the commander of Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Jesse Duncan Elliott

For Students 9th - 10th
Jesse Duncan Elliot (July 14, 1782 - December 10, 1845) was a United States naval officer and commander of American naval forces in Lake Erie during the War of 1812, especially noted for his controversial actions during the Battle of...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Parker Boyd

For Students 9th - 10th
John Parker Boyd (1764 - 1830) was an officer in the United States Army, from various periods from 1786 to the end of the War of 1812. He commanded the troops defeated at the Battle of Crysler's Farm in late 1813.
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Etc: Europe During Napoleon's Campaigns, 1796 1815

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Europe at the time of Napoleon and his campaigns (1796-1815), showing the political boundaries at the time, and the routes of The First Italian Campaign with the battle sites of Lodi and Arcole, and the Treaty of Campo Formio...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Admiral David G. Farragut

For Students 9th - 10th
Admiral Farragut, born at Campbell's Station, near Knoxville, Tenn., July 5th, 1801, died in Portsmouth, N. H., August 14th, 1870. He was appointed to the navy from his native State, and as a midshipman saw active service as early as...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Felix Kirk Zollicoffer

For Students 9th - 10th
Felix Kirk Zollicoffer (May 19, 1812 - January 19, 1862) was a newspaperman, three-term United States Congressman from Tennessee, officer in the United States Army, and a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War. He...