Resources
Articles
A Forgotten Hero in a Forgotten War: Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Morrison, and the Battle of Crysler's Farm, 11 November 1812
Found in A Collection of Talks of Historical Interest 1990 (Pittsburgh Historical Society), 1990.
British American Kingstonians and the War of 1812
Historic Kingston, Vol 32, 1984.
Commodore Chauncey's Attack on Kingston Harbour, November 10, 1812
In The Canadian Historical Review, Volume 32, 1951, pp 126-138.
Crisis Confronting Construction: the History of Point Henry During the War of 1812
Historic Kingston, Volume 33, 1985.
Kingston and the War of 1812
Historic Kingston, Volume 15, 1967.
The American Attack on Kingston, 10th Nov. 1812
An article from from the Kingston Gazette, 17 Nov. 1812, reprinted in Historic Kingston, Volume 6, 1957.
The First Battle of Sackets Harbor, by Richard A. Preston (An address delivered on "Canada Day" 22 July 1962 at Sackets Harbor)
Historic Kingston, Volume 11, 1963.
The Kingston Gazette, the War of 1812, and 'Fortress Kingston'
Historic Kingston, Vol 17, 1969.
Books
Archaeological and Historical Investigations of three War of 1812 wrecks at Kingston, Ontario
This item is available at Queen's University Library in the Lorne Pierce collection of the W.D. Jordan Special Collections and Music Library.
Learn more about Other Local Area Collection.
In the Wake of the Eighteen-Twelvers: Fights & Flights of Frigates & Fore-'n'-afters in the War of 1812-1815 on the Great Lakes
A digitized copy of this is available on the Internet Archive.
Kingston before the War of 1812: A Collection of Documents
Read it online via The Champlain Society Digital Collections.
Reminiscences of the War of 1812-14
Searching for a Soldier in the British Army or Canadian Militia
Select British Documents of the Canadian War of 1812
3 Volumes (Volume 3 in 2 parts). Toronto: Champlain Society, 1920-1928. Read it online via the Champlain Society Digital Collections.
Databases
British Prisoners Held in U.S. during War of 1812
From The National Archives (ADM 103/466), this resource consists of digital photos of the original record-books in which the prisoners' names were written. It includes nearly 15,000 names of army and navy prisoners, plus those taken from merchant vessels and privateers. The books are arranged by the first letter of the surname only, i.e., all the names starting with B are together, but not in alphabetical order.
Perth Military Settlers, War of 1812 Veterans
This document is a pdf.
The Champlain Society
The Ontario Historical Society: War of 1812-1814 Bicentennial
This page from the Ontario Historical Socienty includes many links to historic sites, living history groups, museums and archives.
The War of 1812 Website (British Army Regiments in Canada)
The War of 1812 Website list of British Regular Regiments in North America during the War of 1812 (Compiled by Robert Henderson).
War of 1812 on Olive Tree Genealogy
Even though it says "American," there are a number of links to Canadian sources.
Microfilms
British Military and Naval Records (RG 8, C Series)
From Library and Archive Canada, these are records about the British Army in Canada, Loyalist regiments, the War of 1812, the Canadian militia, etc. Both the index (linked in the title above) and documents consist of many reels of un-transcribed/un-indexed microfilm.
The National Archives (U.K.)
The National Archives (U.K.) provides access to British Army Lists of the War Office and other records that list the names of officers who served in the British Army, including those who served in Canada.
First World War Research Guide