Excerpt from Historical Sketch of the Second War Between the United States of America, and Great Britain, Vol. 1 of 3: Declared by Act of Congress, the 18th of June, 1812, and Concluded by Peace, the 15th of February, 1815; Embracing the Events of 1812-13 Invasion of Canada. - Halifax Campaign. - Hull's Expedition. - Capture of Michi limacinack. - Hull's Surrender. - Loss of Michigan. - General Craig - Capture Of the frigate Guerriere. - Captain Hull. - General Van Rensselaer. - Battle of Queenstown. - General smythe.-general Scott. - Militia. - Smythe's Failure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.