Today June 18th marks the 209th anniversary of the beginning of the War of 1812.
Did you know that much of the military forces that fought the British during the War of 1812 were militia forces. This is part of why the United States exhibited such a dismal performance on the battlefield. While they were effective at battles in Plattsburgh, Baltimore and New Orleans, this was largely due to the entrenchment of the forces rather than their military abilities in their own right. It was after American defeat in the War of 1812 that the militia effectively ceased to be the primary means of defense, supplanted by the Regular Army.
Learn more about the War of 1812 in our article: Early American Militias: The Forgotten History of Freedmen Militias from 1776 until the Civil War https://ammo.com/articles/freedmen-militias-american-history-1776-civil-war at Ammo.com.
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