From the April 2014 Naval History Magazine.
I bought this magazine at Books-A-Million in Goldsboro, NC, a couple days ago and found that it had three articles on privateers. "Yes, Privateers Mattered" by Frederick C. Leiner; "Obstinate and Audacious" by Kevin D. McCrane and "A Daring Defense in the Azores" by Lt. Cmdr. Benjamin Armstrong.
The first article mentioned that the role of privateers in the War of 1812 has been largely overlooked. It has. I'd always heard of the victories of our Navy (USS Constitution), but never heard much about privateers. But as I continue with this blog, I find that the privateers really mattered and that these ships were not just American, but a lot of Canadian ones operated as well.
It is kind of strange that less than fifty years later, the U.S. government had such huge problems with Confederate privateers, even after it had issued so many letters of marque during the War of 1812.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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