American and British soldiers fighting on the deck of the ship Chesapeake

The War of 1812 in the Collections of the Lilly Library

About the Exhibition

Developed for the 200th anniversary of the beginning of the War of 1812, this web site provides an overview of the war, outlining the major military conflicts as well as the principal causes and outcomes of the war, through fully digitized books, broadsides, prints, maps, correspondence, log books, legal documents, diaries, speeches, letter copybooks, orderly books, and receipts.

Curators

Erika Dowell

Erika Dowell

Executive Associate Director, Lilly Library and Curator of Modern Manuscripts