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The War of 1812 was America’s second and last war with British and was considerably less successful than the results of overall Revolutionary performance. United States of America failed to invade Canada and the army troops were incapable of impending British from burning their capital state Washington D.C. (Ashlee, p.2) It can be very safely said that the army was young and inexperienced and there were severe amount of deficiencies and lack of experience demonstrated during the British war of 1812. The overall U.S. army was dispersed and performed in a haphazard manner during the war, and the army was more dependent upon the citizen soldiers to perform critical offensive attacks. The army was unable to perform even the simplest regular attacks on troops in a centralized and organized manner. (Collins, p.2)
According to Dunnigan (2001), the U.S. army was able to win a series of small troops fight with British forces, and the British shipping areas were persistently bothered during the war session. This made the captain and the crews of the U.S. brigade very popular throughout United States. In the meantime, British forces were able to block the American coastal areas which destroyed U.S. trade and posed greater threats to overall financial condition of the country. (Dunnigan, p.56) However, if we analyze the performance of the regular army of United States that fought under General Scott and Brown proved that their performance and the way they fought in a qualified and competent way in later upcoming campaigns. In the War of 1812 U.S. army experienced debacle and many failure situations which eventually convinced the government that meticulous actions were required in order to train the forces and to transform the War department and control system (Collins, 2006). The U.S. army departments were reorganized into bureaus system, whose chief held the position till they operated and there was a commanding general in field to implement a more centralized command and control system rather than the previous decentralized system. (Dunnigan, p.56)
Work Cited
Ashlee, Laura R “Traveling through Time: A Guide to Michigan’s Historical Markers Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, (2005), p. 25.
Collins, Gilbert “Guidebook to the Historic Sites of the War of 1812” 2nd edition, Dundurn Press Ltd (2006), p.2.
Dunnigan, Brian Leigh “Frontier Metropolis: Picturing Early Detroit, 1701-1838, Detroit: Wayne State University Press (2001), p.56
