24: From Granny to Old Ironsides: The Campaigns of 1812 and 1813.

History That Doesn't Suck

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🗓️ 17 September 2018

⏱️ 63 minutes

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“Don’t give up the ship!” This is the story of the first two years of the War of 1812, and it seems quite backwards. Despite expectations, the Americans are trying and failing (miserably) to invade Canada. The only thing more confusing is that the US Navy is holding its own against the British on the high seas ... well, at first, that is. Several major events happen in these two years: Indian coalition leader Tecumseh makes his last stand; the USS Constitution earns an enduring nickname; and the US Navy acquires a new saying that will stick with it through the centuries: “don’t give up the ship!” In short: welcome to the War of 1812. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:12.1	Welcome to History that doesn't suck. I'm your professor, Greg Jackson, and I'd like to tell you a story.
1:19.7	Isaac Holt stares at the sales on the horizon with determination. The 39-year-old blue-eyed,
1:27.6	dark-haired, highly capable and battle-proving captain of the USS Constitution set off with his
1:33.0	crew of just over 450 men two and a half weeks ago on August 2nd in search of a British man of
1:40.0	war to take to task. And now at 2pm, August 19th, 1812 in latitude 41, 30 minutes north and 55
1:51.8	degrees west, or to put that another way roughly 700 miles off the coast of Boston. Isaac and his
1:59.2	men have got one. And as they close in, it soon becomes apparent it isn't just any British man of war.
2:07.2	It's the HMS, Gary Air, or Gary Air.
2:14.4	Call all hands, make sail for her. Isaac haulers at one of his officers.
2:21.4	Ah, the Gary Air. Don't let the French name fool you.
2:26.1	Captain by James Dakers, this is a British frigate, a man of war. It formed part of the fleet
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