Archaeology of the War of 1812 / edited by Michael T. Lucas, Julie M. Schablitsky.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lucas, Michael T., editor.

Schablitsky, Julie M. (Julie Marie), editor.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military archaeology.

History.

Antiquities.

United States--History--War of 1812--Antiquities.

United States.

Military archaeology--United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

337 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Walnut Creek, California : Left Coast Press, Inc., [2014]

Summary:

This is the first summary of archaeological contributions to our understanding of the War of 1812, published as the war commemorates its 200th anniversary. The contributors of original papers discuss recent excavations and field surveys that present an archaeological perspective that enriches - and often conflicts with-received historical narratives. The studies cover fortifications, encampments, landscapes, shipwrecks, and battles in the midwestern, southern, mid-Atlantic, and northeastern regions of the United States and in Canada. In addition to archaeologists, this volume will appeal to military history specialists and other historians. Book jacket.

Contents:

Preface. Alarum in North America: an overview of the war of 1812 / John R. Grodzinski and Ralph E. Eshelman

Part I. The Great Lakes region: 1812

A forty year fascination with Fort York / Eva MacDonald, David Spittal, and David Robertson

"I wish you could see the style in which we live": archaeology of a soldier's cabin at Cantonment Saranac, Plattsburgh, New York / Timothy J. Abel

The War of 1812 at Old Fort Niagara, Youngstown, New York / Susan E. Maguire

Part II. The Chesapeake Campaign: 1814

A deserted garrison village: Nottingham Maryland and the War of 1812 / Michael T. Lucas and Emily L. Swain

Archaeology of the Chesapeake Bay naval flotilla / Robert S. Neyland and Jeffrey M. Enright

Archaeological investigations at the Bladensburg Battlefield Site / Noel D. Broadbent and Richard G. Ervin

The archaeology of the Battle of the White House on the Potomac / Patrick L. O'Neill

Reconstructing the Battle of Caulk's Field, Maryland / Julie M. Schablitsky

American fortification strategy and military tactics at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland / Charles D. Cheek, Joseph F. Balicki, and David Orr

Part III. The western frontier: 1814

Landscape of battle: military terrain analysis of the Battle of Credit Island / Christopher T. Espenshade

The War of 1812 on the Missouri frontier: the search for Fort Osage and Sibley's Fort / Timothy Baumann, John Peterson, and Michael Dickey

Part IV. The south at war's end: 1815

Forgotten invasion: archaeological excavations at Point Peter, Georgia / C. Scott Butler

Chalmette: a GIS and archaeological study of the Battle of New Orleans / John E. Cornelison, Jr. and David Lowe

Concluding thoughts / David Orr.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781611328837

1611328837

OCLC:

863789891

Publisher Number:

99960249138