The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans in the Years 1814–1815

Gleig reveals the drama and misery experienced by those who fought two of the most influential campaigns in military history.

George Robert Gleig (Author)

9781108023764, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 December 2010

218 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.2 cm, 0.28 kg

Tactless and ambitious, George Robert Gleig was perhaps a strange choice for an army chaplain; however, his enthusiasm for army life was clear and as an annalist of military manoeuvres he proved both insightful and popular. First published in 1821, just six years after he had witnessed the British campaigns in Washington and New Orleans, Gleig's volume presented readers with a vivid chronicle of conflicts that had unfolded thousands of miles from their own cosy parlours and drawing rooms. Just as his own itinerary had moved him rapidly from one iconic landmark to the next, so too does the pace of his written narrative progress. From Bermuda to the Blue Mountains and on to New Orleans, this account provides a glimpse of the impressions, sentiments and attitudes fostered among the young men who fought some of the most influential battles in British and American history.

1. Cessation of hostilities
2. Bayonne
3. Les Landes
4. At sea
5. St. Michael's
6. Bermuda
7. America
8. Nottingham
9. March to Washington
10. Washington
11. Washington
12. Alexander
13. March
14. March
15. The Patuxent
16. The West Indies
17. The Blue Mountains
18. At sea
19. Pine Island
20. Halt
21. Advance
22. Attack
23. The camp
24. The lake
25. Havannah.

Subject Areas: History of the Americas [HBJK]