A Journey through War

The third of September has carried numerous progressions to my life that will shape the course of my future for quite a long time to come. I have joined to Join the United States Army and will before long be leaving to fght in the war against Great Britain. The war was formally pronounced on the eighteenth of June after President Madison was at long last convinced by the War Hawks to fight the British. Madison expressed that â€Å"war with the British was inevitable† and afterward requested that Congress do battle a couple of months later.After the president's presentation, I contemplated Joining the war exertion and was helped to remember ll the barbarous and crazy activities that the British had performed against the United States. For a long time now, The British have been damaging our unbiased rights and closing off the French coast from American exchanging ships. What's more, the British have likewise been supporting and offering arms to Indian clans that assault American urban areas along the Northwest Territory and square venture into the west.Lastly and above all, the British rubbish have been rehearsing the loathsome demonstration of impressment on American ships and have been capturing a great many American ailors in the quest for Navvy defectors. In the wake of reflecting over these things, I really wanted to become overwhelmed with fury and outrage. At that exact instant, I pledged to fght for the military and promised to guarantee retribution for Britain's activities. I likewise vowed to retaliate for those who had been intrigued by the British Navvy and executed in Indian assaults. The British have affronted and exploited our country for long enough.It is an ideal opportunity to act and show the Brits that we will no longer endure their conduct. August 15, 1812 The war has gotten not looking so good. A couple of days after I was acknowledged into the US armed force and set under the order of General William Henry Harrison, Congress had requ ested for an assault on the British state of Canada. Along these lines, we set out from our fortress in Detroit and started walking towards Canada. This would have been my absolute first fight and I was extremely on edge to get my first taste of war. I was certain about my individual fighters and accepted that triumph would be unproblematic and straightforward.However, as we walked to our goal, we were met by the British and a gathering of Native American warriors who were driven by Tecumseh. Our general dreaded the Indian's horrendous war strategies and realized that we would surely confront substantial misfortunes on the off chance that we drew in the British power. That day we had to disgracefully give up Fort Detroit and retreat. After our embarrassing annihilation, confidence among my individual troopers was definitely low and we before long started creating questions about triumph. Half a month later, we once more endeavored to attack Canada, yet were indeed defeated.After our two thrashings, spirit was at an unequaled low and the main thing that even dubiously perked us up, was the notice of the USS Constitution. The hip had figured out how to overcome the British vessel, Guerriere and was nicknamed â€Å"Old Ironsides† when a shot bobbed off its body during fight. It was one the couple of triumphs that was found out about in an ocean of misfortunes. P. S. I will not see war for quite a while command over Lake Erie. October 16, 1813 Today is a heavenly day and my individual officers and I are savoring a delightful triumph against the British and their Native American allies.It all began on September tenth, 1813, when Oliver Hazard Perry amassed an armada of military ships and drew in the British naw in Lake Erie. After a long and ridiculous fight, the American armada won and Oliver Perry, watching the fight from Put-in-Bay, Ohio sent General Harrison the message, â€Å"We have met the adversary and they are our own. † With Lake Erie under American control, the British wildly cleared Fort Detroit and quickly set out back toward wellbeing in Canada, yet at long last, we had the option to block their soldiers and power them to wage war.On October fifth, 1813, we battled the British and their Native American partners in the Battle of Thames. Toward the finish of the grisly fight, we had vanquished the foe power and had figured out how to execute Tecumseh, he Native American pioneer who had helped the British in the war. Our karma didn't end here, in any case. A couple of days after our triumph in the Battle of Thames, we assaulted the Canadian town of York and put a match to the parliament structures. After these triumphs, confidence among my individual warriors was higher than at any other time and we before long became certain about triumph over the British.August 25, 1814 Yesterday was a tragic, miserable day in American history that I will always remember for whatever length of time that I live. Only two or three mon ths back, my individual fighters and I had delighted in an increased feeling of trust in our opportunity of triumph. We accepted that as long as the British were still at war with the French, they would not have the option to send most of their soldiers to America and would along these lines, not have the option to represent a huge danger. In any case, a while later, we got news that Britain had figured out how to crush the French and their splendid military pioneer, Napoleon Bonaparte.With the French off the beaten path, the British had the option to focus their military endeavors on the war with America and were prepared dispatch an assault. On August 24, 1814, British boats cruised into Chesapeake Bay and emptied 5,000 soldiers (drove by Major General Robert Ross) cap were set out straightforwardly toward the country's heart, Washington, DC. As the British walked towards the legislative hall, President Madison hurriedly requested for the convergence of every single close by troop and the care of American archives, for example, the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and George Washington's Correspondence.In the Battle of Bladensburg, the as of late amassed American protectors attempted to hold off the huge British assault power, yet they were immediately overwhelmed by the very much prepared aggressors. As the British kept on progressing towards the legislative center, Dolley Madison, the primary woman (which I am very enamored with) mazingly took a chance with her life so as to benevolently spare President Washington's painting. She was among the last to empty the White House. Minutes after Dolleys brave act, the British scalawags primitively assaulted and consumed significant government structures, for example, the Capitol and Library of Congress.The British rubbish likewise torched President Madison's home, the White House, a structure that has for quite some time been an image of opportunity and autonomy for the American individuals. There ap peared to be nothing we could do to ensure the city, however luckily, as though by the desire of god, an iolent storm and tornado stifled the flames and drove the British fighters back to Benedict. In the wake of hearing this stunning story, my aversion for the British turned British again and will attempt to safeguard the city of Baltimore which is accepted to be the following objective for the British troops.September 21, 1814 The long stretch of September has carried two wonderful triumphs to the American individuals and has furnished us with retribution for the consuming of Washington. The principal triumph occurred in the city of Baltimore. In the city of Baltimore, American soldiers were reinforcing Fort McHenry for the up and coming British attack while my crew and I were strengthening the city for the approaching area based assault. While accomplishing my work, I saw a huge and great American banner hanging over the fort.I later discovered that the grand â€Å"Star Spangled Banner Flag† had been sewed by Mary Young Pickersgill on General George Armistead's requests. The British were progressing towards the city rapidly and we required more opportunity to strengthen our barriers. Accordingly, it was concluded that a gathering of warriors drove by General John Stricker would be conveyed to purchase time for the Americans. On September 12, 1814, John Stricker's and Robert Ross' powers battled each other in the Battle of North Point. Despite the fact that they lost the fight, they had gotten us time and had even figured out how to kill Major General Robert Ross.When the British land power showed up, we were prepared for them and had the option to keep them down without any problem. In the interim, in Fort McHenry, American warriors were urgently attempting to hold off the British naw and keep the fortification alive. On the off chance that this stronghold tumbled to the British, the city may have been demolished and the war may have fallen into thei r hands. The American safeguards anyway held firm and following 25 hours of barrage from the British avy, the Brits at long last surrendered their ambush and withdrew. After the long, tedious fght, we praised our astonishing triumph and yelled into the air.During this time of festivity, Francis Scott Key who had seen the entire fight from his boat and was profoundly moved by it composed the sonnet â€Å"Defense of Fort McHenry'. The sonnet was set to the tune of a well known British drinking melody and was dispersed all through Baltimore close by bills. While we praised our triumph in Baltimore, General Sir George Prevost and his 10,000 British soldiers left from Canada and assaulted New York with expectations of apturing the ocean side city of Plattsburgh. The assault was effectively ruined when a gathering of American warships on Lake Champlain crushed the British flotilla.The British understood that command over the lake gave the Americans a bit of leeway over their power and th ey were required to withdraw back to Canada. January 15, 1815 The time of 181 5 has brought the American individuals another extraordinary military triumph and the finish of a long and tiring war. Subsequent to being vanquished in the Battle of Lake Chaplain, the British understood that war with the USA was inconvenient and was basically not worth the exertion. On December 24, 1814, Britain and America marked a harmony bargain in Ghent, Belgium which authoritatively finished the war between the two nations.However, updates on the arrangement voyaged too gradually and troops were not educated regarding the war's end rapidly enough. Accordingly, on January 8, 181 5, the British and Americans occupied with one final frightful fight at New Orleans. In the fight, Andrew Jackson's 4,000 American ragtag safeguards