Niagara campaign of the War of 1812

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The Niagara campaign of the War of 1812 was a series of key military operations along the Niagara River between American and British-Canadian forces, marked by several major battles that shaped control of the Great Lakes frontier.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign ⓘ
theater of operations ⓘ
belligerent British Army ⓘ
Canadian militia ⓘ
Indigenous allies of the British ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
characterizedBy combined operations with naval forces on the Great Lakes ⓘ
cross-border raids ⓘ
intense land battles ⓘ
conflict War of 1812 ⓘ
countryInvolved British North America ⓘ
linked to: British America

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
United States ⓘ
endTime 1814 ⓘ
front Great Lakes–Niagara frontier ⓘ
linked to: Great Lakes region
hasPart Battle of Beaver Dams ⓘ
Battle of Black Rock ⓘ
Battle of Chippawa ⓘ
Battle of Fort George ⓘ
Battle of Frenchman’s Creek ⓘ
Battle of Lundy’s Lane ⓘ
Battle of Queenston Heights ⓘ
Battle of Stoney Creek ⓘ
Capture of Fort Niagara (1813) ⓘ
Raid on Fort Schlosser ⓘ
Siege of Fort Erie (1814) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Fort Erie
historicalPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
location New York (state) ⓘ
linked to: New York State

Niagara River ⓘ
Upper Canada ⓘ
notableCommander Brigadier General Eleazer Wheelock Ripley ⓘ
Brigadier General Peter B. Porter ⓘ
Brigadier General Winfield Scott ⓘ
linked to: Winfield Scott

Laura Secord (civilian informant at Beaver Dams) ⓘ
Lieutenant Colonel Charles de Salaberry ⓘ
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Pearson ⓘ
Major General Gordon Drummond ⓘ
Major General Isaac Brock ⓘ
linked to: Isaac Brock

Major General Jacob Brown ⓘ
Major General Phineas Riall ⓘ
Major General Roger Hale Sheaffe ⓘ
opponent American forces ⓘ
British and Canadian forces ⓘ
linked to: British forces
partOf War of 1812 ⓘ
result frontier largely restored to status quo ante bellum ⓘ
stalemate ⓘ
startTime 1812 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of access between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario ⓘ
control of the Niagara River corridor ⓘ

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Battle of York → partOf → Niagara campaign of the War of 1812 ⓘ
Siege of Fort Erie → partOf → Niagara campaign of 1814 ⓘ
linked to: Niagara campaign of the War of 1812
Battle of Fort George → partOf → Niagara campaign ⓘ
linked to: Niagara campaign of the War of 1812
Battle of Frenchman’s Creek → partOf → Niagara campaign of the War of 1812 ⓘ
Battle of Cook’s Mills → partOf → Niagara campaign ⓘ
linked to: Niagara campaign of the War of 1812
Battle of Beaver Dams → partOf → Niagara campaign of 1813 ⓘ
linked to: Niagara campaign of the War of 1812
Battle of Chippawa → partOf → Niagara campaign of 1814 ⓘ
linked to: Niagara campaign of the War of 1812
War of 1812 national commemorative sites → hasPart → War of 1812 battlefields along the Niagara River ⓘ
linked to: Niagara campaign of the War of 1812
North American theater of the War of 1812 → hasPart → Niagara campaign ⓘ
linked to: Niagara campaign of the War of 1812