Enjoy The War Of 1812 In The West: From Fort Detroit To New Orleans Imagined By David Kirkpatrick Contained In Copy

the State of Kentucky in the Lead, the Battle to Secure the American Frontier for Westward Expansion 
The spring offound the young American republic on edge.
The British Navy was impressing American seamen with impunity at an alarming rate while vicious attacks on frontier settlements by American Indians armed with British weapons had left a trail of fear and outrage.
As calls for a military response increased, Kentucky, the first state west of the Appalachians, urged that only by defeating the British could the nation achieve security.
The very thought conjured up embellished memories of the American Revolution, and once war was declared, many soldiers believed that the “Spirit of” would lead them to victory.
But the conflict quickly

transformed from a patriotic parade to a desperate attempt to survive against a major military power.
While the War ofis known mostly for later events, including the burning of Washington and the siege of Fort McHenry, much of the first two years of the war was fought in the west, with the British Army and their Indian allies nearly overrunning the Old Northwest and threatening the borders of the original colonies.
 
In The War ofin the West: From Fort Detroit to New Orleans, David Kirkpatrick chronicles the near catastrophic loss of the Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois Territories, the bitter fight against both Tecumsehs Confederation and the Creek Nation, and the slow recovery and ultimate victory of American forcesa large portion of which was supplied by Kentuckyfrom Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.
Battles such as River Raisin, Thames River, Fort Meigs, and New Orleans are placed in context to show how they secured Americas frontier and opened territory to the west to new settlement following the war.
  Nice to find new publications that focus on this forgotten theater of Americas forgotten war, Its important to note that the books focus is on the War ofin Kentucky, and considering how involved the state was in all the campaigns in the west during this war it still tells a complete story of events in this theater, albeit with a lack of British or American Indian perspective.
If youre looking for those POVs there are a few other books out there, but for an American frontier history of the War ofyou have a good choice in this work.
I enjoyed the battle details, Some good material which is not commonly available, If you arent into military history i would drop it tostars, " sitelink.