Excerpt from The Battle of Plattsburg: A Study in and of the War of 1812 In the War of 1812 both our soldiers and our sailors fought as well as soldiers and sailors have fought through any war in the history of the world. Notwithstanding the apocryphal increment made by the centuries to the deeds of ancient warriors, or the enhancement of the valor of other warriors by the cunning of the writers of romance - rather often in the guise of history - no soldiers or sailors, of any people or any age, have fought better than the soldiers and sailors that have fought under the Star Spangled Ban ner (or its colonial prototypes) from the first day of the War of the Revolution to this day; and when the odds were not greatly against them, they have needed no messenger of defeat. The War of 1812 does not furnish an exception. In fact, it might be contended that the battles of Plattsburg and New Orleans, in both of which our soldiers proved far more than a match, man for man, for Wellington's seasoned and best soldiers, show'e-d the most skillful and resourceful fighting done on this continent; and inferior to none anywhere in the his tory of war in bravery or brilliancy of achievement. Grievous injustice has been and is yet done the soldiers of the War of 1812. The ignorance of that War among the people of the United States is almost as incredible as it is discreditable. 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.