Chesapeake Campaign

War of 1812
Clockwise from top: damage to the U.S. Capitol after the Burning of Washington; the mortally wounded Isaac Brock spurs on the York Volunteers at the battle of Queenston Heights; USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere; The death of Tecumseh in 1813; Andrew Jackson defeats the British assault on New Orleans.
Date June 18, 1812 – February 18, 1815 (2 years and 8 months) Location Eastern and Central North America, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans Result Treaty of Ghent Military stalemate; both sides' invasion attempts repulsed Status quo ante bellum Defeat of Tecumseh's Confederacy
Belligerents
United States Choctaw Cherokee Creeks	British Empire  United Kingdom  The Canadas Tecumseh's Confederacy Shawnee Creek Red Sticks Ojibwe Fox Iroquois Miami Mingo Ottawa Kickapoo Delaware (Lenape) Mascouten Potawatomi Sauk Wyandot Bourbon Spain Florida (1814)
Commanders and leaders
James Madison Henry Dearborn Jacob Brown Winfield Scott Andrew Jackson William Henry Harrison William H. Winder (POW) William Hull  (POW) Zebulon Pike † James Lawrence  †	George, Prince Regent Lord Liverpool Sir George Prévost Sir Isaac Brock † Gordon Drummond Charles de Salaberry Roger Hale Sheaffe Robert Ross † Edward Pakenham † James FitzGibbon Alexander Cochrane James Lucas Yeo Tecumseh †
Strength
U.S. Army: 7,000 (at war's start) 35,800 (at war's end) Rangers: 3,049 Militia: 458,463* U.S. Marines U.S. Navy and Revenue Cutter Service (at war's start): Frigates: 12 Other vessels: 14 Privateers: 515 ships Native allies: 125 Choctaw unknown others	British Army: 5,200 (at war's start) 48,160 (at war's end) Provincial regulars: 10,000 Militia: 4,000 Royal Marines Royal Navy Ships of the line: 11 Frigates: 34 Other vessels: 52 Provincial Marine (at war's start): ‡ Ships: 9 Native allies: 10,000-15,000
Casualties and losses
2,200-3,721 killed in action 4,505 wounded 15,000 (est.) died from all causes 4,000 slaves freed 20,000 captured 8 frigates captured or burnt 278 privateers captured 1,400 merchant ships captured	British Empire: 1,160-1,960 killed in action 3,679+ wounded 10,000 died from all causes 4 frigates captured ~1,344 merchant ships captured(373 recaptured) 15,500 captured Native allies: 10,000 dead from all causes (warriors and civilians) Unknown captured
* Some militias operated in only their own regions.  † Killed in action  ‡ A locally raised coastal protection and seminaval force on the Great Lakes.

Treaty of Ghent

 United States

 British Empire

Bourbon Spain

2,200-3,721 killed in action

British Empire:
1,160-1,960 killed in action

Native allies:
10,000 dead from all causes (warriors and civilians)

The War of 1812 (1812–1815) was a conflict fought between the United States, the United Kingdom, and their respective allies. Historians in Britain often see it as a minor theatre of the Napoleonic Wars; in the United States and Canada, it is seen as a war in its own right.

Since the outbreak of war with Napoleonic France, Britain had enforced a naval blockade to choke off neutral trade to France, which the United States contested as illegal under international law. To man the blockade, Britain impressed American merchant sailors into the Royal Navy. Incidents such as the Chesapeake–Leopard Affair inflamed anti-British sentiment. In 1811, the British were in turn outraged by the Little Belt Affair, in which 11 British sailors died. The British supplied Indians who conducted raids on American settlers on the frontier, which hindered American expansion and also provoked resentment. Historians remain divided on whether the desire to annex some or all of British North America contributed to the American decision to go to war. On June 18, 1812, President James Madison, after receiving heavy pressure from the War Hawks in Congress, signed the American declaration of war into law.

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