Kategoria BISAC: History >> Wars & Conflicts - War of 1812

During the War of 1812, most clashes on the high seas involved privately owned merchant ships, not official naval vessels. Licensed by their home governments and considered key weapons of maritime warfare, these ships were authorized to attack and seize enemy traders. Once the prizes were legally condemned by a prize court, the privateers could sell off ships and cargo and pocket the proceeds. Because only a handful of ship-to-ship engagements occurred between the Royal Navy and the United States Navy, it was really the privateers who fought--and won--the war at sea.

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Vom 16. bis 18. Oktober 1813 wurde bei Leipzig die bis dahin grote Schlacht der Geschichte geschlagen, zum 100. Jahrestag von 1913 wurde das monumentale Volkerschlachtdenkmal gestiftet. Lange wurde die Volkerschlacht als ein Kampf zur "Befreiung Deutschlands" - unter preuischem Vorzeichen - gewertet. Angesichts der europaweiten, ja globalen Bezuge dieser "Volkerschlacht" ergaben sich jedoch hochst unterschiedliche Perspektiven und Bewertungsmastabe. Daher sind die militarischen Aspekte um die politischen zu erweitern. Zudem verband sich die Frage nach der angemessenen Wurdigung des...

There's before 1916 and then there's after. Between them lies the Easter Rising, when Irish republicans took up arms against British rule and changed the course of their country's history forever. For though the resistance failed, it failed gloriously; the rebels were no longer a group of cranks and troublemakers in the public eye, but martyrs and national heroes, their example set the way for others and their mission lived on through the century to come.

But what sort of country did the Rising create? And how does post-1916 Ireland compare with the aspirations of the...

This book documents the name, rank, unit, and commission date of men who served as officers in the Georgia Militia from 1798 to 1818. It is an invaluable resource to anyone conducting research on the people who lived in the state of Georgia during that period, whether or not they were officers in the militia. Beyond documenting military service, the names of local officers are the key to correctly interpreting many historical documents.

More than thirty-eight thousand men served as officers in the Georgia Militia between January 1798 and April 1860. This book contains...