Award winning selected essay written by author while attending the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Paper was presented, in part, at a symposium of the North Carolina Association of Historians and was later, as an abstract, published in their annual publications.
The award winning essay discusses the value of the American Privateer during the War of 1812. The British Naval attack on the American Privateer vessel Armstrong is introduced as a case study. Second essay, a supplement to the first essay, details the effectiveness of the American army and militia during the War of 1812. Again, a case study discussing the surrender of Forts Detroit and Niagara are presented.
Book will be an interesting reading for the novice historian, people who like military history, and the advance historian.25% of sales of this book goes towards a local community college fund for the needy....More >< Less