War of 1812 Research Resources

The following articles from the Maryland Genealogical Society Journal and its predecessor the Maryland Genealogical Bulletin address researching the War of 1812. MGS members can read these articles in the Members Only collection of the MGS Journal and MGS Bulletin online. Not yet a member of MGS? Join to get immediate access to these articles.

  • Allegany Countians Who Served in the Regular Army [War of 1812] (Vol. 32, No. 2, 1991).
  • [American Men Detained on British Ships] Abstracted from the American & Daily Advertiser by Jerry M. Hynson (Vol. 44, No. 4, 2003).
  • Baltimoreans Provide Supplies to the Hospital following The Battle of Baltimore by Isabelle Board Obert (Vol. 45, No. 4, 2004). 
  • Conscientious Objectors in the War of 1812 (Vol. 19, No. 2, 1978).
  • Journal of an Alexandria Militia Company (Vol.35, No. 4, 1994).
  • Marylanders and the War of 1812 in Lt. Jacob Swoyer’s Company of Cumberland County, Penna. Troops (Vol. 19, No. 2, 1978).
  • Marylanders and the War of 1812: Military Service in the State Militia and Regular Army by John Deeben (Vol. 53, No. 1, 2012).
  • Military Cemetery, War of 1812, Amherst, N.Y. (Vol. 11, No. 4, 1970).
  • Militia Courts Martial, War of 1812 by F. Edward Wright (Vol. 32, No. 3, 1991).
  • More About the Militia of Frederick County [War of 1812] by Mary Hitselberger (Vol. 35, No. 4, 1994) and Vol. 36, No. 2, 1995).
  • More Allegany Men Who Served in the Regular Army, War of 1812 by F. Edward Wright (Vol. 32, No. 3, 1991). 
  • Muster Rolls of Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas Ruxton Moor’s Regiment, 6th Cavalry Regiment, Maryland Militia (Baltimore County): War of 1812 by William Hollifield III (Vol. 16, No. 3, 1975).
  • Parolled American Prisoners in 1814 by Isabelle Board Obert (Vol. 45, No. 1, 2004).
  • Pensions and Bounty Land Claims: Marylanders and the War of 1812 by John Deeben (Vol. 55, No. 1, 2014).
  • Prisoners Following the Battle of Baltimore by Isabelle Board Obert (Vol. 45, No. 1, 2004).
  • Ran Off or Carried Away: Maryland Slaves Who Came into the Protection of  British  Forces  during  the War of 1812 by Maya Davis (Vol. 55, No. 2, 2014).
  • Regular Army Members Born in Caroline County in the War of 1812 by F. Edward Wright (Vol. 20, No. 3, 1979).
  • Some Washington County Veterans of the War of 1812 by F. Edward Wright (Vol. 35, No. 3, 1994). 
  • War of 1812 Militia Records (in Caroline County) by F. Edward Wright (Vol. 18, No. 3, 1977).
  • War of 1812 Muster Roll for the Baltimore City Horse Guards in 1813 by Henry C. Peden Jr. (Vol. 35, No. 3, 1994). 
  • War of 1812 Records in Maryland Outside of the National Archives by Rebecca Whitman Koford (Vol. 56, No. 1, 2015).
  • Washington County Militia in the War of 1812 by F. Edward Wright (Vol. 35, No. 3, 1994).

Other articles about Marylanders and the War of 1812 that have appeared in other periodicals are identified on our Topics and Tips page in an entry titled War of 1812: A Select Bibliography of Articles in Periodicals.

The MGS Links collection includes links to many national websites with military records such as the National Archives and Fold3. You also can choose the category of Military Resources, which features links to Maryland-specific content.

Image: "A view of the bombardment of Fort McHenry, near Baltimore, by the British fleet..." engraved by John Bower, ca. 1819, New York Public Library Digital Collections.