The result of meticulous research and in-depth interviews with veterans, Lossingi1/2s Pictorial Field Book of the War of 1812 is a narrative of historic events during that era. Accounts are given on a host of topics such as the perils of the country immediately succeeding the Revolutionary War, the struggle of power with Britain, and the origin of the United Statesi1/2 political parties and their relation to the War of 1812. Written in 1868, the book relays the events of the war in greater detail than any previous work. The narrative brings to view actors whose deeds have been overlooked...

"This rich quarry of historic wealth is now, in completed state, accessible to every American . . . Certainly no work is so well calculated to lure the minds of the young through different stages of the great drama of our independence."
-New York Times

In this second book in a three-volume set, author and historian Benson J. Lossing continues his journey across America and his research of the Revolution.

This volume begins with the unfurling of the first United States flag and focuses on the war in Boston and the life and legend of Benedict Arnold. Lossing includes...