The Early Republic at War

District of Columbia

1 War of 1812 engagement documented in District of Columbia, drawn from the federal battlefield survey and the historical record.

Alonzo Chappel, The Battle of Tippecanoe. Public domain.

Engagements

1814

Years

Where these engagements were fought

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Red markers are surveyed battlefields with a mapped boundary; navy markers are point-located engagements. Select a marker to open its page.

Notable engagements

Engagement	Year
Washington	1814

By conflict

War of 1812

The 1812-1815 war with Britain, fought across the Old Northwest, the Chesapeake, the Niagara and Great Lakes frontier, coastal Maine, and the Gulf, from the River Raisin to the defense of Baltimore and the Battle of New Orleans.

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Engagements and locations are compiled from published sources: American Battlefield Protection Program (NPS) (public domain (U.S. federal record), boundary survey).