War in the Chesapeake: The British Campaigns to Control the Bay, 1813-1814

by Charles Neimeyer and Charles P. Neimeyer

In the early nineteenth century, the United States of America was far from united. The United States faced internal strife over the extent of governance and the rights of individual states. The United States' relationship with their former colonial power was also uncertain. Britain impressed American sailors and supported Native Americans' actions in the northwest and on the Canadian border. In the summer of 1812, President James Madison chose to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612518656
• ISBN13: 9781612518657
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"