The Early Republic at War

Virginia

7 War of 1812 engagements documented in Virginia, drawn from the federal battlefield survey and the historical record.

Alonzo Chappel, The Battle of Tippecanoe. Public domain.

Engagements

1812 to 1814

Years

Where these engagements were fought

All 7 are placed on the map. Select a marker to see the engagement.

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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	Outcome	Forces or losses
Raid on Alexandria (Virginia)	1814	Inconclusive	7 killed; 38 wounded vs 11 killed; 19 wounded
Raid on Chesconessex Creek	1814	British victory	Several hundred marines and sailors vs Garrison of one fort…
Chesapeake campaign	1812

Plus 4 further documented engagements in the Virginia record.

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); Wikidata (structured data, CC0); Wikipedia (text rewritten and cited as a reference, CC BY-SA 4.0).