It was six o’clock in the morning on June 23, 1812, and the 44-gun heavy frigate was sailing in latitude 39☂6’ north, and longitude 71☁0’ west, one hundred miles southwest of Nantucket Shoals. “SAIL HO!” CRIED a lookout from the main masthead of the USS President. “If our first struggle was that of our infancy, this last was that of our youth and the issue of both, wisely improved, may long postpone if not forever prevent a necessity for exerting the strength of our manhood.”

įor Mary, Mark, Alex, Tyler, and Kay with love This welcome work addresses this shortcoming by providing an accounting of all 241 American privateers during the war and a comprehensive list of all captures made by American forces-including privateers, Navy, and others-during that conflict.CHAPTER TWO - Free Trade and Sailors’ RightsĬHAPTER THREE - Jefferson’s Embargo and the Slide Toward WarĬHAPTER FIVE - The United States Declares WarĬHAPTER SEVEN - The Constitution and the GuerriereĬHAPTER EIGHT - Ripe Apples and Bitter Fruit: The Canadian InvasionĬHAPTER NINE - Canadian Disasters AccumulateĬHAPTER ELEVEN - The Constitution and the JavaĬHAPTER THIRTEEN - Napoleon and AlexanderĬHAPTER FOURTEEN - The Canadian Invasion ResumesĬHAPTER FIFTEEN - The Chesapeake and the ShannonĬHAPTER SIXTEEN - Raids in Chesapeake BayĬHAPTER NINETEEN - The War at Sea in 1813ĬHAPTER TWENTY-ONE - British and American War PlansĬHAPTER TWENTY-TWO - The British BlockadeĬHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE - The War at Sea Continues in 1814ĬHAPTER TWENTY-SIX - Negotiations Begin at GhentĬHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR - From Temporary Armistice to Lasting Peace: The Importance. Navy, they have received relatively little scholarly attention. Although privateers had a far greater impact on the British merchant marine and the economy of Great Britain than the U.S. The privateers proved the only American force that consistently threatened Britain throughout the Atlantic, especially along the coasts of the British Isles. American privateers, on the other hand, commanded more than 200 vessels and captured more than 1,000 British ships. Navy numbered several dozen ships and captured fewer than 200 British vessels. Privateer captures by home port of privateer.ĭuring the War of 1812, the U.S.

B: Number of captures by each privateer.Niles' comprehensive list of American prizes.

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