DECEMBER 15, 1814-JANUARY 5, 1815:
The Hartford Convention, meeting secretly in Hartford, Connecticut, began today, 200 years ago. Twenty-six New England delegates gathered to address grievances of the Federal government's management of the war and especially its control of militia, conscription and the financial burden of defense.
They even went so far as to consider secession.
I always find this odd, because in the years leading up to the Civil War, these very same states were so much against Southern secession.
--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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