List of War of 1812 Battles

This is a List of War of 1812 battles, organized chronologically and by the theater in which they occurred.[NB 1]

Major Theaters of the War

The War of 1812 was fought in four major theaters on the North American continent: the Atlantic Coast, the American-Canadian border, the Gulf Coast and the American West. In addition to these continental theaters of action, there were also numerous ship-to-ship battles at sea, almost all of them in the Atlantic.

Actions along the American-Canadian border occurred in three sectors (from west to east): the old Northwest Territory (plus the portion of southwestern Ontario adjacent to the Detroit River), the Niagara Frontier (including the adjacent coast lines of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario in Upper Canada, New York and Pennsylvania), and the St. Lawrence River (including locations in Lower Canada and New York).

Battles (chronological order within theater)

1812

American Northwest

Niagara Frontier

St. Lawrence River

American West

Naval Battles

1813

Atlantic Coast

American Northwest

Niagara Frontier

St. Lawrence River

Naval Battles

Gulf Coast

1814

Atlantic Coast

American Northwest

Niagara Frontier

St. Lawrence River

Gulf Coast

American West

Naval Battles

1815

Gulf Coast


American West

Naval Battles

Notes

  1. Most of the information in this list has been extracted from Robert Malcomson's excellent "Historical Dictionary of the War of 1812," augmented in some cases by information from other Wikipedia articles and from John Mahon's "The War of 1812."

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