1812

A Mere Matter of Marching, Part 1 April 27, 1813 From aboard the corvette Madison, Brigadier General Zebulon Pike watched the battalion of green-clad riflemen advance in skirmish order through his spyglass. Major Benjamin Forsyth of the 1st Regiment of U.S. Riflemen was leading them. 'A...

Spencer Perceval is remembered for one thing and one thing alone: holding the dubious distinction of being the only Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to be assassinated. A merchant named John Bellingham, angered at the British government's refusal to either intervene when he was imprisoned in...

After the Battle of Borodino on the 8th of September, Russians started a retreat. On the 12th, a decision was made to abandon Moscow, however there was nearly a decision made to give battle a few kilometers from Moscow at a place Kutuzov chose called “Poklonaya Gora”. What if this would have...

Was there any chance for French emperor and conqueror Napoleon Bonaparte to scare the Russian tsar Alexander I into making peace with him during the 1812 invasion of Russia? I'm very well aware Napoleon would not be able to defeat a committed Russian army, so maybe we could look for a political...

As the title says. What if Napoléon had managed to force an engagement at Smolensk with the Russians and comprehensively defeated prince Bagration's troops ? How probable would it be for Napoleon to be able force a peace on Russia, maybe pushing back the Russian western frontier to where it was...

Essentially, for a timeline I'm working on (Redcoats on the Red Clay Soils), I'm considering having Napoleon die in the Winter of 1812, while trying to invade Russia. I'm doing this, mainly, because I don't want to have another one of those "Everything Outside of North America Remains the Same...

7 September 1812, Russia, Borodino. After the capture of Semenovskoie late in the morning Ney, Murat and Davout sent urgent request of reinforcement to exploit the gap they had created against the Russian left flank. A decisive victory was within their grasp. Napoleon hesitated, but after...

7 September 1812, Russia, Borodino. After the capture of Semenovskoie late in the morning Ney, Murat and Davout sent urgent request of reinforcement to exploit the gap they had created against the Russian left flank. A decisive victory was within their grasp. Napoleon hesitated, but after...

What if during the War of 1812 the United States Navy starts the war with something like 22 to 25 Frigates? Say a few key differences in the Revolution, Barbary Wars and the Quasi-Naval war with France convinces enough members of Congress to loosen the purse strings enough to fund and maintain...

The Battle for the crossing of the Berezina River was the last major battle fought by Napoleon's Grande Armée in the Russian Campaign of 1812. After being forced to abandon Moscow as a result of Russia's unwillingness to surrender and dwindling supplies, Napoleon ordered a general retreat from...

What if Alexander Hamilton didnt did, and became president 1808 and won in 1812? What would be do? Would be win the war of 1812? Would there even be a war of 1812? What about slavery? He was an abolitionist, so what woukd he do about it? I got the idea to post this after a friend sent me this...

Like, one thing I was thinking of is the Canadians voluntarily joining the U.S., unlike in our Timeline Or the Napoleonic Wars go more in favor of France, unlike in our Timeline.

In 1804, after protests from Napoleon Bonaparte over leadership over a suspected conspiratorial group, Jean Moreau, a notable french republican army commander sometimes held in equal regard to Napoleon, exiled himself to the United States. The US army was initially interested in employing him...

As it says on the tin : what would have been the consequences for USA (or British North America), in the absence of a War of 1812? I'm especially wondering, not-exclusively, to what it would have implied about the inner political tendencies and dynamics in the region (as for nation and identity...

Among others in the Russian Empire's high command, Peter Bagration suggested an aggressive stance against the French and their allies. In March 1812, Bagration asked the Tsar to intentionally issue an ultimatum that Napoleon would never accept--the withdrawal of French influence to the Oder...

With the typical Hartford Convention POD, and New England seceding to become a British puppet state, there are a few interesting considerations. New England settlers formed the majority of settlers in the Midwest area, which would become the second most economically powerful part of the OTL US...

In 1812, Prussia reluctantly entered into an alliance with Napoleon and sent troops to Russia with him. However in late 1811 Russia and Prussia had actually signed a secret military agreement where Russia promised to aid Prussia if the French invaded. The Prussians then attempted to get...