| Summary of Contents: | Contains Part I and Part II of this series.
Volume I covers the period between 24 Aug, 1811 to 15 Oct, 1812.
Major Events: preparations for war; US embargo; call up of US militia; war declared by US, June 1812; repeal of Orders In Council by Britain; US General Hull invades Canada at Sandwich; British capture Michilimackinac; British capture Detroit; US defeated at Brownstown; truce in effect 18 August to 8 September 1812.
Local Events: British establish car-brigade(horse drawn artillery) on Niagara frontier; shots exchanged by sentries at Queenston; shots exchanged at Fort Erie near Henry Trout's tavern; British construct artillery batteries along Niagara River including below John Warren Jr's house opposite Peter Porter's house in Black Rock and near Captain Hardison's house opposite Black Rock; US spies report car-brigade using Ridge Road from Tice Horn's (Haun) to River Road; British keep an armed boat near Point Abino.
Places
British: Amherstburg; Fort Erie; Fort Chippawa; Fort George; Grand River; Kingston; Long Point; Lundy's Lane; Miller's; Moraviantown; Niagara/Newark; Pelham; Point Abino; Port Talbot; Sandwich; St. Joseph's; Turkey Point; York.
US: Batavia; Black Rock; Buffalo; Canandaigua; Chicago; Cleveland; Detroit; Erie; Fort Niagara; Fort Wayne; Four Mile Creek; Lewiston; Michilimackinac; Ogdensburg; Oswego; Sandusky; Sackett's Harbor; Schlosser; Vincennes; Youngstown.
People
British: Alexander, Hugh; Baby, J; Battersby; Bathurst; Brink, Aaron; Brock, Isaac; Brock, James; Brock, Savery; Bruyeres; Bullock; Caldwell, William; Cartwright; Chambers; Clark, LCol; Clark, Elijah; Claus; Cummings, James; De Rottenburg; Derenzy; Dickson, Thomas; Elliot, Matthew; Glasgow, G; Glegg; Grant, R; Gray, A; Hardison, B; Harvey, J; Heathcote; Holcroft; Horn, Tice; Kerby, J; Lee, David; Liverpool; Macdonnell McKee; McPherson; Myers; Nichol, R; Ormsby; Plenderleath; Prevost, G; Proctor; Roberts; Ryerson; St George; Salmon; Sheaffe, R; Talbot, Thomas; Trout, Henry; Vincent; Warren, John Sr; Warren, John Jr; Willcocks; Wilmot.
US: Alexander, Joseph; Armstrong, J; Barton, Benjamin; Boerstler; Brown, J; Chapin, Cyrenius; Chauncey; Colt, Peter; Cornplanter; Dearborn; Elliot, J; Eustis, William; Fairbanks, Joshua; Fenwick, J; Granger, Erastus; Hall; Hull; King; Leonard; Lewis, M; Lovett, John; Mullany; Parrish; Porter, A; Porter, P; Red Jacket; Smyth; A; Snyder, Simon; Spalding, Rufus; Swift, P; Tannehill; Tompkins; Van Rensselaer, Solomon; Van Rensselaer, Stephen; Van Vechton, Abraham; Wadsworth, William; Walton, Peter; Widrig.
Military Units
British: 1st, 41st, 49th Foot; Royal Artillery; Royal Engineers; Royal Newfoundland Regiment; 10th Royal Veteran Battalion; Canadian Voltigeurs; Canadian Fencibles; Glengarry Light Infantry; Essex and Kent, Lincoln, Middlesex, Norfolk, Oxford, and York Militia
US: 4th, 5th, 6th,13th, 14th Infantry; US Artillery; 18th, 19th, 20th New York Militia
Naval:
British: HMS Adams, Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Moira, Hunter, Queen Charlotte, Nancy
US: USS Oneida, Ontario
Volume II covers the period 15 April 1812 to January 1813.
Major Events: Battle of Queenston Heights 13 October; the flight of the Royal George 11 November; Battle of Frenchman's Creek 28 November; and the establishment of the Loyal and Patriotic Society 15 December which would provide aid and relief to militia dependents.
Local Events: capture of the Detroit and Caledonia off Fort Erie by the United States Navy (Elliot); armistice in effect from 14 October to 20 November; all citizens of the United States residing in Upper Canada required to report to a board to obtain passports (if they do not aquire one by January 1813 they will be treated as either prisoners of war or as spies); 50 barrels of salt taken from Buffalo to Fort Erien($25.00 per barrel); battle of Frenchman's Creek.
Places
British: Amherstburg, Chateauguay, Chippawa, Dover Mills, Fort Erie, Fort George, Grande River, Kingston, Long Point, Montreal, Niagara, Queenston, Palmer's, Point Abino, Putnam's, Sugar Loaf, Wintemute's, York.
US: Batavia, Black Rock, Buffalo, Canandaigua, Erie, Fort Niagara, Genesee, Greenbush, Lewiston, Sackett's Harbor, St. Regis.
People
British: Bartley; Bathurst; Bisshopp; Bostwick; Brock; Bryson; De Rottenburg; Dickson; Glegg; Holcroft; Kerby; Macdonnell; Muir; Myers; Nichol; Prevost; Protor; Rolette; Talbot; Willcocks;Vincent.
US: Alexander; Boestler; Chauncey; Christie; Dearborn; Dobbs; Elliott; Eustis; Fenwick; Granger; Hall; Harrison; Hull; Leonard; Lovett; Mead; Parker; Porter; Scott; Smyth; Towson; Van Rensselaer; Wadsworth; Winder; Wool.
Military
British: Royal Artillery; 8th, 41st, and 49th Regiments of Foot; Glengarry Light Infantry; Royal Newfoundland Regiment; Lincoln, Middlesex, Norfolk, Oxford, and YIork militias; Niagara Dragoons.
US: 5th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 20th, 22nd, and 23rd Infantry Regiments.
Naval
British: Caledonia; Detroit; Earl of Moira; Gloucester; Govenor Simcoe; Hunter; Prince Regent; Queen Charlotte; Royal George; Seneca; Toronto.
US: Adams; Charles and Ann; Conquest; Diana; Governor Tompkins; Growler; Hamilton; Julia; Lady Murray; Oneida; Pert.
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