#war of 1812

[clove-pinks]

I'm just now discovering the American marine artist Robert Sticker (1922–2011), who painted a number of War of 1812 scenes—here's his take on USS Constitution vs. HMS Guerriere.

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[ltwilliammowett]

"Battle at Moonlight" by Maarten Platje (1967-)

The painting depicts the action between the sloops USS Wasp & HMS Avon on 1st September 1814.

[hamletthedane]

[crazykotyara12]

[pipervive]

HI GUYS

Sorry now i have a lot of exams so i won't draw for mayve one week sorry😔👎👎 aaaa

Ermolov is too cool for all of us so i ve drawn him (BIG RUSSIAN BOSS🔥🔥🔥), an episode from the book about bagration where (the translation from russian: how he spazzed me out🤬), and murat with na pole on! THEIR HEIGHT DIFFERENCE is SO FUNNY

byee

[ripstefano]

“At the turn of the nineteenth century, the British Empire is at the height of its ascendancy; Napoleonic France is struggling to maintain its position as a world power; and the incumbent American empire is quickly expanding its territory, while the Native peoples struggle to establish their own confederacy, their own independent nation.”

- James Laxer, Tecumseh & Brock: The War of 1812

Spurred by a someone, I bring you a collect of uniforms from the war of 1812. Quite the underrated, set in the lull of the Napoleonic Wars, the smaller and less professional set pieces don’t make it any less heroic.

One of my favourite quotes about the conflict comes from the book above; a man of Issac Brock’s is concerned for his life, telling him to remove his uniform to hide his rank, Issac Brock reproaches him and tells him he would never lead his men anywhere he wouldn’t personally go. He would die in battle; “As was his practice, he would lead from the front, attired in his scarlet uniform. A British quartermaster who had crossed the river with Brock urged him to make himself less of a target for the Americans. “If we lose you, we lose all,” he said to the general, pleading with Brock to let the troops by led by their own officers. “Many here follow me from a feeling of personal regard,” replied Brock. He thanked the quartermaster for his regard but said, “I will never ask them [his soldiers] to go where I do not lead them”

The siege of Detroit was fun too.

From The American War 1812-14

[lonestarbattleship]

"USS CONSTITUTION, under the command of Captain Isaac Hull, sailed from Boston on August 2, 1812 to off the coast of Halifax, Nova Scotia. On the afternoon of August 19, 1812 Hull and his crew sighted the British frigate HMS GUERRIERE, under the command of Captain James Richard Dacres.

As GUERRIERE closed to within a mile of the CONSTITUTION, the British hoisted their colors the two ships engaged in a fire fight. The CONSTITUTION’s thick hull, composed of white oak planking and live oak frames, proved resilient to enemy cannonballs. During the engagement, an American sailor was heard exclaiming, 'Huzza! Her sides are made of iron! See where the shot fell out!'. After intense combat, the severely damaged Guerriere was forced to surrender.

The next morning, Hull made the difficult decision to scuttle GUERRIERE. CONSTITUTION sailed for Boston and arrived on August 30. News of Constitution‘s victory quickly spread through town and throngs of cheering Bostonians greeted Hull and his crew. A militia company escorted Hull to a reception at the Exchange Coffee House and more dinners, presentations and awards followed in the ensuing weeks, months, and years. USS CONSTITUTION, for her impressive strength in battle, earned the nickname 'Old Ironsides.'"

Date: August 19, 1812

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: NH 64419-KN, 66-335-L, 66-335-M, 54-017-A, 66-193-A, 07-763-A, 60-362-C

[rosemeriwether]

I know there was a whole election process but sometimes I’m in disbelief that a little 5’4” man was in charge of a country and actually declared war in 1812.

Like, I need to lie down over this. One only associates him with post Revolutionary War basically. Then when his name comes up in a book during the next war as “president”, I’m STILL like “HUH???”

[baebeylik]

Pushmataha. Former Chief of the Choctaw and veteran of the War of 1812. Led the Choctaw to ally with the Americans against the British.

Died in 1824 at the age of 60.

[clove-pinks]

Trying to get my redcoats to fortify the camp but they keep lounging insouciantly. :/

[bantarleton]

Captain Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke, by Samuel Lane. During his lifetime, he was often referred to as "Broke of the Shannon", a reference to his notable command of HMS Shannon in the War of 1812. His most famous military achievement was defeating and capturing the American frigate, USS Chesapeake.

[ltwilliammowett]

USS Constitution defeats HMS Java, 29th December 1812 by Anton Otto Fischer (1882-1962)

[my-deer-friend]

Do you think it would change much in John Laurens’ life and his legacy if he had a son instead of daughter?

Idk if THAT much, but.. It can be interesting👀.... I personaly think his son would be a solider too, and fight in the war of 1812.... 👀

What an interesting hypothetical!

I don't think much would have changed in John's life, since abandoning his wife and child seemed more a rejection of family life in general than anything specifically against Frances being a girl. In the 18th century, upper-class boys and girls were raised pretty similarly up until about four or five (and even wore similar kinds of smock dresses), so I don't think gender played much of a role in John's thoughts (however infrequent) about his family.

A son would have been a more direct assurance of family legacy, so that might have made John or his family more interested in the child's welfare, but that doesn't change that fact that the further along the war progressed, the less opportunity there was to do anything about Martha and her child being stranded in England – given that John was at war, Henry was in congress or in prison, and the rest of the Laurenses were scattered between London and France. South Carolina was occupied and thus unsafe for a famous rebel's family, and there wasn't any kind of family home to send them to anyway.

As for John's legacy after his death, it's really impossible to say because of so many unknown factors – would his son have taken after his family's republican values or rejected them? Would he have married well or also eloped, like Frances did? What career would he have had? Would he have crumpled under the pressure of being the son of the American paragon-martyr of ideal masculine virtues?

If he had become a soldier, he would have had huge shoes to fill, which is either something you embrace with fervour or get drowned by.

As for the War of 1812, I'm going to be cheeky and pass that question on to our resident expert, @clove-pinks – what role, if any, would a 35-year-old South Carolinian fella have played in the War of 1812?

[karl-jensen]

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS, HALLOWEEN 1815

HAPPY HALLOWEEN, EVERYONE!

For this year's Halloween, I drew the infamous Headless Horseman Boss Fight from the game. I know some people say its easy, while others say its hard (well yeah ever since the update).

My depiction for this boss fight is the Prelude to it where the headless corpses were once a Squad of US Army Soldiers who were sent to retrieve the remains of Ichabod Crane under the orders of President James Madison (who was on holiday) and Katrina Van Tassel, the lover of Ichabod. Also, the raft guy from the Road to Sleepy Hollow map was the SOLE SURVIVOR of the squad that was nearly wiped out at the Old Dutch Reformed Church.

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Changes and What could have been:

- A Fourth US Soldier was originally going to appear in the drawing, but I removed him in place of three figures. Let's say that fourth guy ran away and headed towards the raft to warn the others. The final product has EIGHT US Army soldiers due to the purple flames seen in the background.

- The Soldiers were supposed to wear their shakos, but I removed them since I'd like to imagine that they got trampled by the Horse. Also their rifles are designed after the Model 1795 Springfield Muskets.

- The Soldier about to get trampled by the horse was originally going to be a US Marine. I got lazy to make the changes and kept him at that. Also, shouldn't the Marines be with the Navy?

- The Headless Horseman was supposed to have a Pumpkin for a head. I removed it to durther indicate that he is indeed headless. There's even a theory that Brom (from the original story) was the Headless Horseman hence he carved out a pumpkin that fits his head just to try and scare (or even Kill) Ichabod so he could marry Katrina Van Tassel.

- There were originally to be more trees to match the in-game map. Instead, I added less trees to slightly match the real-life location. I did not add the candles (or at least the light emitting from them) to make the atmosphere more darker. The only light source they have is the Moon and dead soldiers.

- The Headless Horseman now wears a cape. Some depictions of the character as well as real life paintings depict him with a cape. The most famous example would be the 1949 Disney film The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad where the character is depicted as wearing a cape. The Horse now has red glowing eyes (plus a red trail) to make it more imposing.

- I tried searching for Hessian uniforms that EXACTLY match the Headless Horseman's in game. I looked at images of it and used them as reference hence the character was a decapitated Hessian officer.

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Like my previous drawings, I added lore into it with a log entry from a recently-promoted Soldier who successfully defeated the Horseman with his seven surviving squadmates. I also gave them names and drew them on how they looked like.

LORE (Not Canon)

31 October 1815

Sleepy Hollow, New York

Ichabod Crane is Missing, and Miss Van Tassel was looking for him.

The 1st Infantry Regiment, along with a few Marines, were summoned by President Madison who was on a holiday with his family. We were on a mission to locate Ichabod Crane who was declared missing since yesterday on the 30th of October. Miss Van Tassel informed the President, whom she happened to stumble upon, that Crane was missing and recalled everything to help us find our person of interest. The Regiment was divided into two Search Parties. One led by Captain Frank Sedgewick and another by Lieutenant Daniel Sinise; I was with the Lieutenant. Sedgewick went first, and they hadn't returned in a few hours; and they were last seen at the Van Tassel household where Crane was last seen. We were then summoned and were ordered to follow the same path that Crane and Sedgewick took.

Along the way, we were warned by an old man in a green coat and a large hat about an entity known as the Headless Horseman. People say he was once a Hessian Officer who got decapitated during the Revolutionary War, and every Halloween night, he rides alone looking for a head. The old man was called Bubbles and told us everything on what had happened. He told us he saw the Headless Horseman riding towards the search party at breakneck speed. Not only that, he also mentioned that he buried some Hessians in a mass grave, and one of them happened to be a decapitated soldier. Bubbles then told us to exhume his head which was buried in an unmarked grave in a Corn field.

When we got there, one of our men was lost. What surprised us was the presence of pale figures that resembled vampires. They attacked us, and we had to defend ourselves from them during the excavation. We successfully exhumed the head after plenty of trial and error, and upon reaching the end of the corn field, we saw a giant scarecrow with the head of one of our men with his headless body on the foot of it; and he was identified as Private Kenneth McCormick. More Vampires started showing up as we continued our search, and as our trek resumed, we encountered the Headless Horseman. Two of our men nearly got decapitated, but we managed to run to the mill for safety. The Skull had to be crushed, and we had to hold off a large horde of Vampires until the Skull was finally turned to ash. We left the mill and ran for the bridge but was damaged with some of its sections missing; a large wooden board was present, though, and we had to use it to help ourselves get across the large gap. The end of the bridge was missing, and what came before us was a raft with one of Sedgewick's men who was heavily wounded; and was identified to be Private J. Gordon Freeman of the United States Marine Corps. We heard galloping and realized that the Horseman was behind us, so we had to jump into the raft to save our skins. The bridge caught flame and continued our journey to where Sedgewick's party was last seen - the old Dutch reformed church.

When we got there, the atmosphere was pretty chilling. There were lots of gravestones and dead trees. What shook us were the many headless bodies of Sedgewick's men including himself; and the most peculiar part about them was the presence of a purple flame on each corpse. Ichabod's body was located out of bounds from the Cemetery with a pumpkin next to his decapitated body. The time was 03:00 when we arrived, and when the bell rang from the church, the Headless Horseman appeared and started to attack us from here and there. Some of our men were injured, while some were decapitated from the Horseman's sword. What happened next was the corpses rising, and it was a frightening sight to ever witness. They attacked us, and they were reinforced with more Vampires. We held them off and slew them, but the Headless Horseman had a chance to claim another victim. I nearly got decapitated by him by a few inches, and Lt. Sinise saved me from the blade. We fired our Muskets at the Horseman and ran low on ammunition, until the last shot knocked him down; and it was myself who fired it. We had to stay in the Church until sunrise, and Lt. Sinise had to leave us to report back to President Madison.

When the rest of the Division arrived, they picked up the headless bodies and gave them a proper burial at a mass grave. The vampires were burned and Ichabod Crane was finally found, but dead. Miss Van Tassel was melancholic upon seeing his headless corpse. President Madison consoled her, and Lt. Sinise gave all of us promotions after our brave and gallant acts that had happened hours ago.

Ichabod Crane now rests in peace, but the Headless Horseman will ride again to look for another victim.

Pvt. (now promoted to Sergeant) Maximillian De Vries

1st Infantry Regiment, United States Army

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Here are some of the characters mentioned in the log entry and how they look like.

- Maximillian De Vries's name comes from two Dutch F1 Drivers - Max Verstappen and Nyck De Vries. De Vries was promoted to Sergeant for successfully defeating the Headless Horseman, and he also got the Sword that decapitated his fellow squadmates

- Daniel Sinise's name comes from American Actor Gary Sinise and his character, Lt. Dan, from Forrest Gump. I also thought of adding a character with the surname of "Gump", and let's say he survived the second attack with De Vries and Sinise. I also thought that "Donald Gump" would be this potential character's name and it sounds very funny.

- Frank Sedgewick's surname comes from General John Sedgwick, a Civil War-era General who was shot by a Sniper. Let's say that Sedgewick was the Uncle of John.

- Kenneth McCormick's name is an OBVIOUS allusion to Kenny McCormick of South Park. He was the first to die on the Road to Sleepy Hollow where he was gnabbed by the Headless Horseman and his head decapitated and placed on a Scarecrow.