Chapter I
Plan of campaign. — Hampton's movements from Cumberland Head Junction of the two divisions (commanded by Lewis and Boyd) at Sackett's Harbor. — Direct attack on Kingston abandoned. — Descent of the St. Lawrence. — Combat at Chrystler's farm.— Hampton's refusal to join the main army at St. Regis. — Expedition discontinued Occurrences on the Niagara 1
Chapter II
Blockade of the coast. — Predatory war on the shores and inlets of the Chesapeake. — Attack on Craney island. — Capture of Hampton. — Descent on North Carolina. — Bombardment of Lewiston. — Creek war 45
Chapter III
Project of a winter campaign. — Causes of its abandonment. — General Brown instructed to attack Kingston. — March of this officer to the west. — General Wilkinson's enterprise on La Cole Mill. — Holmes's invasion of Upper Canada. — Mitchell's defence of Oswego. — Appling's attack and capture of British boats, seamen, and marines, at Sandy Creek. — Expedition for the recapture of Michilimackinac 63
Chapter IV
Campaign on the Niagara. — Means employed to sustain the movement. — Retreat from Canada. — Army placed in winter quarters. — Prevost's m<"-ch on Plattsburgh. — Battle on Lake Champlain. — Defeat and captur. of the British fleet. — Prevost's retreat to Canada. - CONTENTS.
Chapter V
Predatory warfare on the Chesapeake and Potomac resumed. — Defensive means employed by the United States. — Arrival of Vice- Admiral Cochrane with a large armament, naval and military, in Lynnhaven bay. — Movements on the Patuxent. — Battle of Bladensburgh. — Defeat of Winder. — Capitol and other buildings burnt. — Fort Washington abandoned. — Capitulation of Alexandria. — Events in the east 124
Chapter VI
British plan of campaign for 1814. — Armament sent from Bermuda to Pensacola. — Unsuccessful attack of the enemy on Fort Bowyer. — Jackson's march on Pensacola. — Arrival of the British fleet and army. — Capture of the American gunboats. — Descent made from Lake Borgne. — Battles of the 23d and 28th December, and of the 1st and 8th of January. — Retreat of the British. — Preliminaries of peace 1812.
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