1814: During the War of 1812, peace talks between the United States and Britain began in Ghent, Belgium. It was finally signed on December 24, 1814.
1815: Napoleon Bonaparte set sail for St. Helena Island to spend the remainder of his days in exile. The United States was exceedingly fortunate to have him posing a greater threat to Britain than we were back in the War of 1812.
Tecumseh I have been writing about the monitor USS Tecumseh in my Running the Blockade: Civil War Navy blog. It was sunk by a Confederate mine at the Battle of Mobile Bay and was named after famed Indian leader Tecumseh who played a big role in the War of 1812.
--Brock-Perry
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