1814: THE NIAGRA CAMPAIGN, CHIPPAWA, AND LUNDY’S LANE

The War of 1812 had been a disaster for American arms.  Cocky and nursing martial delusions, the fading reality of the frightfully narrow victory in the Revolutionary War replaced in the public mind with a myth of an invincible citizen army, a cadre of “War Hawks” had pushed a reluctant James ( Read more... )

I know.  I’ve been negligent lately.  No new original entries for some time.  If I had any loyal readers, they have probably wandered off by now in search of more reliable sustenance.  I apologize.

It was a combination of just being plain busy and just being plain depressed.  The latter mostly because of the outbreak of bloody insanity between ( Read more... )