Record Nr.

UNINA9910808353403321

Autore

Skeen Carl Edward

Titolo

Citizen soldiers in the War of 1812 / / C. Edward Skeen

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Lexington, Kentucky : , : University Press of Kentucky, , 1999
©1999

ISBN

0-8131-8878-4

0-8131-4955-X

0-8131-7056-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Disciplina

973.5/2

Soggetti

United States History War of 1812 Manpower

United States Militia History War of 1812

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Militia before the War of 1812; 2. Congress and Military Mobilization; 3. Militia Organization; 4. The States and Militia Mobilization; 5. The Militia and the War in the West; 6. The Militia and the War on the Northern Front; 7. The Atlantic Front and the Battle of Bladensburg; 8. Federal-State Relations; 9. War in the South and the Battle of New Orleans; 10. The War's End and the Decline of the Militia; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T

UV; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

Winner of the Army Historical Foundation Book AwardDuring the War of 1812, state militias were intended to be the primary fighting force. Unfortunately, while militiamen showed willingness to fight, they were untrained, undisciplined, and ill-equipped. These raw volunteers had no muskets, and many did not know how to use the weapons once they had been issued. Though established by the Constitution, state militias found themselves wholly unprepared for war. The federal government was empowered to use these militias to ""execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions;