The Ashes of War The Fight for Upper Canada, August 1814}}}March 1815 [Paperback]

The end of the War of 1812 brought with it great political, economic, and social upheaval.

The sixth and final book of the Upper Canada Preserved  War of 1812 series,The Ashes of Warexamines in detail the closing stages of the war on the Northern Frontier, including the two-month siege of Fort Erie, the engagement at Cooks Mills, the American attempt to recapture Michilimackinac (Mackinac), the tale of the Nancy, and the American raids into southwestern Upper Canada. It explores the impact that events occurring at the same time in the United States and at the peace negotiations at Ghent, in Europe, had on the ongoing war. It also examines the major military campaigns that were planned by the respective sides for 1815  that is, until news arrived of the signing of a British-American peace agreement on December 24, 1814, officially ending the conflict, but not the story.



The Ashes of Wargoes on to look at the significant post-war military, political, social, and economic impact the war had on England, the United States, the colonies of British North America (later Canada), and the Native nations on the continent.



A fitting and comprehensive conclusion to this critically acclaimed series on the War of 1812-1815.The other books in the series are:A Call to Arms,The Pendulum of War,The Flames of War,The Tide of War, andA Crucible of Fire.

The final volume in Richard Feltoes wonderfully documented series of six books titled Upper Canada Preserved, War of 1812 has just been published by Dundurn Press.The Ashes of Warexamines the final months of fighting across the American-Canadian border that pitted British and Canadian troops and Native warriors&Richards six volume collection sums up the events in a war we didnt start  nor did we lose.This is a first-rate closing to a very popular series.The sixth and final book in the six-part series Upper Canada PreservelSN