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The Papers of James Madison: 10 July 1812-7 February 1813 Volume 5

The Papers of James Madison: 10 July 1812-7 February 1813 Volume 5

King, Martha J.
Madison, James
Stagg, J. C. a.

Hardcover

Series: Papers of George Washington: Presidential, Book 5

Historical FiguresPresidents & Heads of State19th Century United States History

ISBN10: 0813922585
ISBN13: 9780813922584
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: Aug 12 2004
Pages: 768
Weight: 2.65
Height: 2.01 Width: 6.22 Depth: 9.56
Language: English

The Papers of James MadisonPresidential Series, Volume 5

10 July 1812-7 February 1813

Edited by J. C. A. Stagg, Martha J. King, Ellen J. Barber, Anne Mandeville Colony, Angela Kreider, Jewel L. Spangler

Volume 5 of the Presidential Series covers the first seven months of the War of 1812, documenting the problems Madison faced as he led the United States into its first major military conflict under the Federal Constitution. The planned American invasions of Canada faltered because of General Henry Dearborn's inept leadership in the East and General William Hull's shocking surrender at Detroit. Quarrels about the role of the state militias and recruitment and supply difficulties contributed to these and subsequent setbacks. General William Henry Harrison's inability to achieve a major victory in the Northwest, the failure of two poorly planned offensives on the Niagara peninsula, and the U.S. defeat at the river Raisin in January 1813 round out the dismal picture of U.S. military affairs presented by documents in this volume.

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