MARCH TO DECEMBER-- British naval forces raid the Chesapeake Bay area.
MARCH-- Captain David Porter of the USS Essex rounds Cape Horn and sails into the Pacific to attack the British whaling fleet (an early CSS Alabama).
3rd-- Admiral George Cockburn's British fleet arrives at Lynnhaven Bay.
10th-- First runaway slaves make it to Royal Navy ships in the Chesapeake Bay.
17-18th-- Artillery duel Blackroot, NY versus Fort Erie in Upper Canada.
18th-- Raid of Fort Vallonia, Indiana
19th-- Sir James Lucas Yeo appointed commander of the British Lakes Squadron.
27th-- Oliver Hazard Perry, USN, arrives at Presque Island (Erie, Pa) to assume responsibility for building a Lake Erie fleet.
30th-- Raid at Buffalo Fort, Missouri
30th-- The British blockade is extended to Long island and the Mississippi River.
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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