<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> War of 1812 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Clockwise from top: damage to the U.S. Capitol after the Burning of Washington; the mortally wounded Isaac Brock spurs on the York Volunteers at the battle of Queenston Heights; USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere; The death of Tecumseh in 1813; Andrew Jackson defeats the British assault on New Orleans . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> June 18, 1812--February 18, 1815 (2 years and 8 months) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Eastern and Central North America, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Treaty of Ghent </P> <Ul> <Li> Military stalemate; both sides' invasion attempts repulsed </Li> <Li> Status quo ante bellum </Li> <Li> Defeat of Tecumseh's Confederacy </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> United States </P> <Ul> <Li> Choctaw </Li> <Li> Cherokee </Li> <Li> Creeks </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> British Empire </P> <Ul> <Li> United Kingdom </Li> <Li> The Canadas </Li> <Li> Tecumseh's Confederacy </Li> <Li> Shawnee </Li> <Li> Creek Red Sticks </Li> <Li> Ojibwe </Li> <Li> Fox </Li> <Li> Iroquois </Li> <Li> Miami </Li> <Li> Mingo </Li> <Li> Ottawa </Li> <Li> Kickapoo </Li> <Li> Delaware (Lenape) </Li> <Li> Mascouten </Li> <Li> Potawatomi </Li> <Li> Sauk </Li> <Li> Wyandot </Li> </Ul> <P> Bourbon Spain </P> <Ul> <Li> Florida (1814) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> James Madison </Li> <Li> Henry Dearborn </Li> <Li> Jacob Brown </Li> <Li> Winfield Scott </Li> <Li> Andrew Jackson </Li> <Li> William Henry Harrison </Li> <Li> William H. Winder (POW) </Li> <Li> William Hull (POW) </Li> <Li> Zebulon Pike † </Li> <Li> Oliver Hazard Perry </Li> <Li> Isaac Chauncey </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> George, Prince Regent </Li> <Li> Lord Liverpool </Li> <Li> Sir George Prévost </Li> <Li> Sir Isaac Brock † </Li> <Li> Gordon Drummond </Li> <Li> Charles de Salaberry </Li> <Li> Roger Hale Sheaffe </Li> <Li> Robert Ross † </Li> <Li> Edward Pakenham † </Li> <Li> James FitzGibbon </Li> <Li> Alexander Cochrane </Li> <Li> James Lucas Yeo </Li> <Li> Tecumseh † </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> <Ul> <Li> U.S. Army: <Ul> <Li> 7,000 (at war's start) </Li> <Li> 35,800 (at war's end) </Li> <Li> Rangers: 3,049 </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Militia: 458,463 * </Li> <Li> U.S. Marines </Li> <Li> U.S. Navy and Revenue Cutter Service (at war's start): <Ul> <Li> Frigates: 12 </Li> <Li> Other vessels: 14 </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Privateers: 515 ships </Li> <Li> Native allies: <Ul> <Li> 125 Choctaw </Li> <Li> unknown others </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> <Ul> <Li> British Army: <Ul> <Li> 5,200 (at war's start) </Li> <Li> 48,160 (at war's end) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Provincial regulars: 10,000 </Li> <Li> Militia: 4,000 </Li> <Li> Royal Marines </Li> <Li> Royal Navy <Ul> <Li> Ships of the line: 11 </Li> <Li> Frigates: 34 </Li> <Li> Other vessels: 52 </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Provincial Marine (at war's start): ‡ <Ul> <Li> Ships: 9 </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Native allies: 10,000--15,000 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> 2,200--3,721 killed in action </P> <Ul> <Li> 4,505 wounded </Li> <Li> 15,000 (est .) died from all causes </Li> <Li> 4,000 slaves freed </Li> <Li> 20,000 captured </Li> <Li> 8 frigates captured or burnt </Li> <Li> 278 privateers captured </Li> <Li> 1,400 merchant ships captured </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> British Empire: 1,160 - 1,960 killed in action </P> <Ul> <Li> 3,679 + wounded </Li> <Li> 10,000 died from all causes </Li> <Li> 4 frigates captured </Li> <Li> ~ 1,344 merchant ships captured (373 recaptured) </Li> <Li> 15,500 captured </Li> </Ul> <P> Native allies: 10,000 dead from all causes (warriors and civilians) </P> <Ul> <Li> Unknown captured </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> * Some militias operated in only their own regions . </Li> <Li> † Killed in action </Li> <Li> ‡ A locally raised coastal protection and seminaval force on the Great Lakes . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> War of 1812 </Th> </Tr>

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