Enough to write a vast symphonic work, to inspire a magnificent novel and bring down a great emperor. On this day of battle more russians died than were killed or would die of illness in the whole of the war of 1812 on all sides. This really was a titanic clash of two emporers and two vast armies numbering close on 200,000 men each. The war of 1812 would not be fought by armies of 200,000 men. In fact, it wouldnt be fought by 200,000 men all told. As 1813 began James Madison knew that napoleon had lost. His army was in full retreat. Indeed, it was in complete collapse. He had taken his country to war on the premise the french would win. They had lost. Now what was going to happen . This also took the pressure off brittain and it released naval reinforcements from the british fleet in the baltic which had been keeping it open for trade the previous five years. Those ships and key personnel were moved across to the north american station. The british picked out the right ships and the ri
Box. But no, no, no. Im very happy and honored to be here with such a distinguished set of scholar and an even lovelier audience. Thank you so much to bill and to the White House Historical association, to the u. S. Capitol Historical Society and, of course, James Madisons mountpilyer for having me here. The slogan dont give up the ship, the figure of uncle sam, the star spangled banner, the proliferation of symbols that emerged from the war of 1812 constitutes a paradox. Though, as this conference demonstrates, much recent scholarship on the causes, conduct, and legacies of the war has produced fresh insights about the costs and gains of the war, even the combatants. At the time the treaty was signed, americans understood that peace gained them little and policy, International Power or territory. So on the one hand it seems contradictory that such a wealth of symbolism emerged at such a fectless endeavor. On the other hand, the very futile nature of the war. The victory that contempor
Dolly madison and the creation of the american nation. And most recently she annotated and edited and important memoir written by Dolly Madisons niece. Katherine is the director of education at Huntington Library art collections Botanical Gardens and professor of history at the university of california riverside. Today she will discuss the republican queens identity during the war. This time when Dolly Madison strong room and her events were known as squeezes, they were so popular. Ive also heard that she is going to mention maybe the role of snuff in the war of 1812. I would encourage all of you later on to go take a look at Dolly Madisons snuff box which is over at the decatur house. We just brought that up from mount pillier today. Please join me in welcoming dr. Katherine algore. Thank you so much for that lovely introduction. Im tempted to just say forget about my speech, lets go look at the snuff box. But, no, no, no. Im very happy and honored to be here with such a distinguished
Killed or by their wounds. In other words, they died as a direct result of combat in the war. I did some calculations, and i found that in fact about 10 more of the army died of disease, sickness, and other causes that are not directly related to battle. They were simply a product of the very unhealthy nature of military camps, the inability to provide decent sanitation, these sorts of things, which diseases, if they got into an arm camp, they could go through and take a very heavy toll on life substantially more men died as a result of disease, sickness. And then theres a bit of colateral damage that occurs that millyisha die as a result of the british raids of the sort weve been talking about. We might estimate that 15,000, 16,000 americans died one way or another as a result of the war of 1812. The indians suffered i think proportionately higher percentage of lossesle we dont know precisely, because we dont have good figures for indian population, but of course the numbers that the
Hosted by the White House Historical association, u. S. Capitol Historical Society and James Madisons montpelier. Next andrew lambert, author of challenge, brittain against america in the naval war of 1812. This is 45 minutes. My name is stewart mcwarren and im the president of the White House Historical association where we are privileged to convene today for this significant event. Were honored to have with us today two members of the board of directors of the White House Historical association, the honorable ann stock and mr. Nide kiplinger. Were also honored to have with us mr. William alman whos the curator of the white house. This commemorates the bicentennial of one of americas most critical yet overlooked conflicts. With the gathering of these extraordinary scholars and experts in the history field, the next two days are sure to educate, inspire and enhance our understanding of the war of 1812. The White House Historical associations mission echos the goal of echoing the public