This is a famous educational text by Gilbert J. Hunt presenting an account of the War of 1812 in the style of the King James Bible. It starts with President James Madison and the congressional declaration of war and then describes the Burning of Washington, the Battle of New Orleans, and the Treaty of Ghent.

Excerpt from History of the Late War Between the United States and Great Britain The work now presented to the public, after passing through five large editions, has been for many years entirely out of circulation, and it was with much difficulty that a copy of it could be procured by the publishers. At the time of this publication it was the only one calculated for general use, and none has yet appeared comprising in so small a compass so many details of the events of the last war between Great Britain and the United States. The frequent demands for the work have induced the publishers to prevail on the author to revise and prepare it for a new edition with great care. This is now offered to the public. As to the merit of the work, the reader must judge for himself. Its general accuracy has received the approbation of those most capable of judging. It has been translated by a French writer, M. Dalmas, who speaks in high terms of the energy of the style, and the clearness of the narrative. It has also been translated by an Italian writer of celebrity. The design of the work was not a history of the times, embracing the legislative, diplomatic and statistical subjects connected with the war. These are occasionally glanced at. But it was the intention of the author to bring within one narrative, as far as it was practicable, all the campaigns, battles, skirmishes and incidents which may properly be considered as constituting the events of the war. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.