American War Heroes · 1812–1815
A second fight with Britain on the lakes, the coast, and the frontier. This roll includes Perry, Lawrence, Jackson, Decatur, and Macdonough and will grow from documented public records only.
American War Heroes is a publisher-curated historical register. Notice Nearby writes these entries from documented public records. Checkout does not add a name to a war roll, and we do not issue Heroes badges, MIA labels, or a “verified veteran” mark.
A paid Community memorial may mention military service in the family’s own words. That mention stays on the obituary. It is not verification, and it does not enroll anyone on these lists. Claiming service that was not given is stolen valor. It is disrespectful to those who served.
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1785–1819 · Master Commandant
Oliver Hazard Perry built a fleet in a Pennsylvania wilderness and then used it. On September 10, 1813, off Put-in-Bay, he fought the British squadron that locked the upper lakes. His flagship Lawrence was shot to pieces…
1781–1813 · Captain
James Lawrence took USS Hornet into the South Atlantic and, in February 1813, sank HMS Peacock in a fight that lasted minutes. The country needed that kind of news. In June he took Chesapeake out of Boston against HMS Sh…
1767–1845 · Major General
Andrew Jackson was already a hard man from the Waxhaws when the second British war reached the Gulf. He held the Creek campaign and then New Orleans. On January 8, 1815 — after the Treaty of Ghent had been signed, and be…
1779–1820 · Commodore
Stephen Decatur went to sea from a Maryland shore and made a name before the second British war gave him a larger stage. In the Barbary fighting he led the boats that burned the captured frigate Philadelphia under the gu…
1783–1825 · Master Commandant
Thomas Macdonough held Lake Champlain when a British army and squadron meant to cut New England from the rest of the country. On September 11, 1814, at Plattsburgh Bay, he anchored his ships so the wind and the narrow wa…