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Filed under: United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Personal narratives- Relics of the Mound Builders (c. 1874), by C. C. Baldwin (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Veteran of 1812: The Life of James FitzGibbon (Toronto, Montreal: C.W. Coates, W. Briggs, 1894), by Mary Agnes FitzGibbon (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Peace, war, and adventure: an autobiographical memoir of George Laval Chesterton. (Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1853), by George Laval Chesterton (page images at HathiTrust)
- Geschichtliche Darstellung des Feldzugs der Britten gegen dis Nordamerikanischen Freistaaten in den Jahren 1814 und 1815 unter den Generalen Ross, Pakenham und Lambert. Von dem Verfasser des Subaltern. Aus dem Englischen. (E. H. C. Schulze, 1832), by G. R. Gleig and Gustav Nagel (page images at HathiTrust)
- The travels and adventures of David C. Bunnell, during twenty-three years of a sea-faring life; containing an accurate account of the battle on Lake Erie, under the command of Com. Oliver H. Perry; together with ten years' service in the navy of the United States. Also service among the Greeks, imprisonment among the Turks, &c. &c. (J. H. Bortles, 1831), by David C. Bunnell (page images at HathiTrust)
- A journal containing an accurate and interesting account of the hardships, sufferings, battles, defeat, and captivity of those heroic Kentucky volunteers and regulars, commanded by General Winchester, in the years 1812-13. Also, two narratives by men that were wounded in the battles on the river Raisin, and taken captive by the Indians. (Lippincott, Grambo, and co., 1854), by Elias Darnell, John Davenport, and Timothy Mallary (page images at HathiTrust)
- A subaltern in America; comprising the narrative of the campaigns of the British army, at Baltimore, Washington, &c., &c., during the late war. (E. L. Carey & A. Hart;, 1833), by G. R. Gleig (page images at HathiTrust)
- History of the American troops, during the late war, under the command of Cols. Fenton and Campbell. (The author, 1829), by Samuel White (page images at HathiTrust)
- War on the Detroit; the chronicles of Thomas Verchères de Boucherville and The capitulation, by an Ohio volunteer (The Lakeside Press, 1940), by René Thomas Verchères de Boucherville, Milo Milton Quaife, and James Foster (page images at HathiTrust)
- A narrative of the campaigns of the British army at Washington, Baltimore, and New Orleans, Under Generals Ross, Pakenham, and Lambert, in the years 1814 and 1815; with some accont of the countries visited. (M. Carey, 1821), by G. R. Gleig (page images at HathiTrust)
- Notes on the visits of American and British naval vessels to the Genessee River, 1809-1814 (The Genessee Press, 1911), by Franklin Hanford (page images at HathiTrust)
- Narrative of the suffering & defeat of the north-western army, under General Winchester : massacre of the prisoners, sixteen months imprisonment of the writer and others with the Indians and British (Printed for the author by A.G. Hodges, 1842), by William Atherton (page images at HathiTrust)
- Incidents in the life of John Edsall. (Pub. for the author, 1831), by John Edsall and J. D. P. (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Robert Lucas journal of the war of 1812 during the campaign under General William Hall (The State historical society of Iowa, 1906), by Robert Lucas and John Carl Parish (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Recollections of the American war, 1812-14 (Historical Publishing Co., 1905), by William Dunlop and A. H. U. Colquhoun (page images at HathiTrust)
- Major Howell Tatum's journal while acting topographical engineer (1814) to General Jackson, commanding the Seventh military district (Dept. of history of Smith College, 1922), by Howell Tatum and John Spencer Bassett (page images at HathiTrust)
- Campaigns of the British army at Washington and New Orleans in the years, 1814-1815. (J. Murray, 1821), by G. R. Gleig (page images at HathiTrust)
- A narrative of the captivity & sufferings of James Van Horne, who was nine months a prisoner by the Indians on the plains of Michigan. (L. B. Romaine, Weathercock House, 1957), by James Van Horne and Lawrence B. Romaine (page images at HathiTrust)
- A youthful man-o'-warsman, from the diary of an English lad ... who served in the British frigate Macedonian during her memorable action with the American frigate United States; who afterward deserted and entered the American Navy ... (Navy Blue Company, 1910), by Edgar Stanton Maclay (page images at HathiTrust)
- Recollections of the war of 1812 (Historical Publishing Co., 1908), by William Dunlop and A. H. U. Colquhoun (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Yarn of a Yankee privateer (Funk & Wagnalls company, 1926), by Clifford Smyth and Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- The diary of Benjamin F. Palmer, privateersman, while a prisoner on board English war ships at sea, in the prison at Melville Island and at Dartmoor (The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor press], 1914), by Benjamin Franklin Palmer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- A compendious account of the late war, to which is added, The curious adventures of Corporal Samuel Stubbs (a Kentuckian of 65 years of age) (Printed for C. F. Heartman, 1915), by Samuel Stubbs (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- The Yankee tar : an authentic narrative of the voyages and hardships of John Hoxse, and the cruises of the U.S. frigate Constellation, and her engagements with the French frigates Le Insurgente and Le Vengeance, in the latter of which the author loses his right arm, and is severely wounded in the side (Printed by J. Metcalf, for the author, 1840), by John Hoxse and John Flavel (page images at HathiTrust)
- Recollections of a naval life (R. Bentley, 1834), by James Scott (page images at HathiTrust)
- A green hand's first cruise, roughed out from the log-book of memory, of twenty-five years standing: together with a residence of five months in Dartmoor. (Otis, Broaders, and Co., 1841), by Josiah Cobb (page images at HathiTrust)
- The campaigns of the British army at Washington and New Orleans, in the years 1814-1815. (J. Murray, 1836), by G. R. Gleig (page images at HathiTrust)
- Life on the ocean : or Twenty years at sea : being the personal adventures of the author (R. Marsh, 1856), by George Little (page images at HathiTrust)
- A veteran of 1812; the life of James FitzGibbon. (W. Briggs, 1898), by Mary Agnes Fitzgibbon (page images at HathiTrust)
- Narrative on the plains of Michigan. (L. B. Romaine, 1957), by James Van Horne (page images at HathiTrust)
- The journal of Ennis Duncan, Junior, orderly sergeant, 16th Regiment, Kentucky Militia Detached. (Anthony Wayne Parkway Board, Ohio State Museum, 1958), by Ennis Duncan and Ohio. Anthony Wayne Parkway Board (page images at HathiTrust)
- The campaigns of the British army at Washington and New Orleans, in the years 1814-1815. (J. Murray, 1827), by G. R. Gleig (page images at HathiTrust)
- A narrative. A short and thrilling narrative of a few of the scenes and incidents that occurred in the sanguinary and cruel war of 1812-14, between England and the United States (Advertiser Press, 1853) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Narrative of the life of General Leslie Combs; embracing incidents in the early history of the northwestern territory. (Printed by J. T. and L. Towers, 1855) (page images at HathiTrust)
- A green hand's first cruise ... together with a residence of five months in Dartmoor. (Cushing & brother, 1841), by Josiah Cobb (page images at HathiTrust)
- A journal containing an accurate and interesting account of the hardships, sufferings, battles, defeat, and captivity of those heroic Kentucky volunteers and regulars, commanded by General Winchester, in the years 1812-13. Also, two narratives by men that were wounded in the battles on the river Raisin, and taken captive by the Indians. (Lippincott, Grambo, and co., 1854), by Elias Darnell, John Davenport, and Timothy Mallary (page images at HathiTrust)
- Views of the campaigns of the north-western army, &c. Comprising, sketches of the campaigns of Generals Hull and Harrison, a minute and interesting account of the naval conflict on Lake Erie, military anecdotes, abuses in the army, plan of a military settlement, view of the lake coast from Sandusky to Detroit. (Printed by F. Adancourt, 1814), by Samuel R. Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
- Journal of an American prisoner at Fort Malden and Quebec in the war of 1812 (Priv. print. by F. Carrel, Limited, 1909), by James Reynolds and G. M. Fairchild (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Robert Lucas journal. (Iowa City, Iowa, 1906), by Robert Lucas and John Carl Parish (page images at HathiTrust)
- Thirty years from home, or A voice from the main deck; being the experience of Samuel Leech, who was for six years in the British and American navies: was captured in the British frigate Macedonian: afterwards entered the American navy, and was taken in the United States brig Syren, by the British ship Medway ... (C. Tappan, 1844), by Samuel Leech (page images at HathiTrust)
- Thirty years from home; or A voice from the main deck being the experience of Samuel Leech, who was for six years in the British and American navies; was captured in the British frigate Macedonian; afterwards entered the American navy, and was taken in the United States brig Syren, by the British ship Medway. (Tappan & Dennet, 1843), by Samuel Leech (page images at HathiTrust)
- Life on the ocean : or Twenty years at sea: being the personal adventures of the author (Waite, Peirce, 1844), by George Little (page images at HathiTrust)
- A veteran of 1812; the life of James Fitz Gibbon. (W. Briggs; [etc., etc.], 1898), by Mary Agnes Fitzgibbon (page images at HathiTrust)
- Life on the ocean, or Twenty years at sea: being the personal adventures of the author. (Armstrong & Berry, 1843), by George Little (page images at HathiTrust)
- An autobiographical sketch of the services of the late Captain Andrew Bulger of the Royal Newfoundland Fencible Regiment (s.n.], 1865), by Andrew H. Bulger (page images at HathiTrust)
- The American cruiser's own book. (R. Marsh, 1846), by George Little (page images at HathiTrust)
- Life on the ocean; or, Twenty years at sea; being the personal adventures of the author. (Clark, Austin & Smith, 1852), by George Little (page images at HathiTrust)
- Life on the ocean : or, Twenty years at sea: being the personal adventures of the author. (Strong and Brodhead, 1849), by George Little (page images at HathiTrust)
- Narrative of the life of General Leslie Combs; embracing incidents in the early history of the North-western territory ... (American Whig Review Office, 1852) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Ten years of Upper Canada in peace and war, 1805-1815 being the Ridout letters (W. Briggs, 1890), by Thomas Ridout and Matilda Ridout Edgar (page images at HathiTrust)
- Two western campaigns in the War of 1812-13 1. Expedition of Captain Henry Brush, with supplies for General Hull, 1812 ; 2. Expedition of Governor Meigs, for the relief of Fort Meigs, 1813 (R. Clarke, 1870), by Samuel Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Veteran of 1812 Jonathan Phillips. (s.n., 1868) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Narrative of the suffering & defeat of the North-Western Army under General Winchester massacre of the prisoners, sixteen months imprisonment of the writer and others with the Indians and British (Printed for the author by A.G. Hodges, 1842), by William Atherton (page images at HathiTrust)
- Journal of a voyage to Quebec in the year 1825 with recollections of Canada during the late American war in the year 1812-13 (s.n.], 1828), by P. Finan (page images at HathiTrust)
- Early recollections of Jamaica with the particulars of an eventful passage home via New York and Halifax, at the commencement of the American War in 1812; to which are added, trifles from St. Helena relating to Napoleon and his suite (Whittaker and Co.;, 1848), by B. J. Vernon (page images at HathiTrust)
- A narrative of the campaigns of the British Army, at Washington, Baltimore, and New Orleans, under Generals Ross, Pakenham, & Lambert, in the year 1814 and 18l5 with some account of the countries visited (Published by M. Carey & Sons ..., 1821), by G. R. Gleig (page images at HathiTrust)
- A journal of two campaigns of the Fourth Regiment of the U.S. Infantry in the Michigan and Indiana territories, under the command of Col. John P. Boyd, and Lt. Col. James Miller' during the years 1811 & 12 (Printed at the Sentinel Press, by the author, 1816), by Adam Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
- An autobiographical sketch of the services of the late Captain Andrew Bulger of the Royal Newfoundland Fencible Regiment (s.n.], 1865), by Andrew H. Bulger (page images at HathiTrust)
- A narrative of a light company soldier's service in the 41st Regiment of Foot, during the late American war together with some adventures amongst the Indian tribes from 1812 to 1814. (J. Bubb, 1840), by Shadrach Byfield (page images at HathiTrust)
- Voice from the main deck (Tappan & Dennet, 1843), by Samuel Leech (page images at HathiTrust)
- Historical details having relation to the campaign of the north-western army, under Generals Harrison and Winchester, during the winter of 1812-13 together with some particulars relating to the surrender of Fort Bowyer, &c. (Printed by Worsley & Smith, 1818), by James Winchester (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Subaltern in America comprising his narrative of the campaigns of the British army at Baltimore, Washington, &c., &c. during the late war. (E.L. Carey & A. Hart [etc.], 1833) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Reminiscences, 1780 to 1814, including incidents in the war of 1812-14; letters pertaining to his early life written by Major Myers, 13th infantry, U.S. Army. (The Crane company, 1900), by Mordecai Myers (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Thirty years from home, or, A voice from the main deck: (J. M. Whittemore, 1847), by Samuel Leech (page images at HathiTrust)
- The old soldier's history : containing an account of the movements of the North Western Army, during the years 1813-14, under five different generals, their encampments, battles, executions, and other punishments, with their hardships, sufferings, etc. (E.G. Frothingham, Printer, 1861), by Charles Fairbanks (page images at HathiTrust)
- Narrative of the life of General Leslie Combs : embracing incidents in the history of the War of 1812. (American Whig Review Office, 1852), by American Whig Review (page images at HathiTrust)
- A short history of the life of John Anderson (Anthony Wayne Parkway Board, 1956), by John Anderson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Narrative of the travels of an old Revolutionary soldier who traveled through the war under the command of our mild hero Washington ([publisher not identified], 1818) (page images at HathiTrust)
- The adventures and enterprises of Elijah D. Efner. Manuscript dated January 21, 1865. An autobiographical memoir. (1896), by Elijah D. Efner (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Dobbins papers. (1905), by W. W. Dobbins, Daniel Dobbins, and Frank H. Severance (page images at HathiTrust)
- The campaigns of the British army at Washington and New Orleans, 1814-1815. (J. Murray, 1879), by G. R. Gleig (page images at HathiTrust)
- A journal containing an accurate and interesting account of the hardships, sufferings, battles, defeat, and captivity of those heroic Kentucky volunteers and regulars, commanded by General Winchester, in the year 1812-13: Also, two narratives, by men that were wounded in the battles on the River Raisin, and taken captive by the Indians, by Elias Darnell (Gutenberg ebook)
- Thirty Years From Home; or, a Voice From the Main Deck: Being the Experience of Samuel Leech, by Samuel Leech (Gutenberg ebook)
- Recollections of the War of 1812, by William Dunlop, contrib. by A. H. U. Colquhoun (Gutenberg ebook)
- Narrative of the Suffering & Defeat of the North-Western Army, Under General Winchester: Massacre of the Prisoners; Sixteen Months Imprisonment of the Writer and Others with the Indians and British, by William Atherton (Gutenberg ebook)
- A Journal of Two Campaigns of the Fourth Regiment of U.S. Infantry: In the Michigan and Indiana Territories, Under the Command of Col. John P. Boyd, and Lt. Col. James Miller During the Years 1811, & 12., contrib. by Adam Walker (Gutenberg ebook)
- Journal of an American Prisoner at Fort Malden and Quebec in the War of 1812, by James Reynolds, ed. by G. M. Fairchild (Gutenberg ebook)
- The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815, by G. R. Gleig (Gutenberg ebook)
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