Niagara campaign of the War of 1812

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military campaign theater of operations

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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Label	Occurrences
Niagara campaign of 1814	1
Niagara campaign of the War of 1812 canonical	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military campaign ⓘ theater of operations ⓘ
belligerent	British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Canadian militia NERFINISHED ⓘ Indigenous allies of the British ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endTime	1814 ⓘ
front	Great Lakes–Niagara frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Battle of Beaver Dams NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Black Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Chippawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Fort George NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Frenchman’s Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Lundy’s Lane NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Queenston Heights NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Stoney Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Capture of Fort Niagara (1813) NERFINISHED ⓘ Raid on Fort Schlosser NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Fort Erie (1814) NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 19th century ⓘ
location	New York (state) NERFINISHED ⓘ Niagara River NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCommander	Brigadier General Eleazer Wheelock Ripley NERFINISHED ⓘ Brigadier General Peter B. Porter NERFINISHED ⓘ Brigadier General Winfield Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ Laura Secord (civilian informant at Beaver Dams) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lieutenant Colonel Charles de Salaberry NERFINISHED ⓘ Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Pearson NERFINISHED ⓘ Major General Gordon Drummond NERFINISHED ⓘ Major General Isaac Brock NERFINISHED ⓘ Major General Jacob Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Major General Phineas Riall NERFINISHED ⓘ Major General Roger Hale Sheaffe NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent	American forces ⓘ British and Canadian forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	War of 1812 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of York → partOf → Niagara campaign of the War of 1812 ⓘ

Siege of Fort Erie → partOf → Niagara campaign of the War of 1812 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Niagara campaign of 1814