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War of 1812
The Battle of Queenston Heights
Date June 18 1812–December 24 1814 (officially) June 18 1812-February 12 1815 (unofficially) Location Eastern and Central North America, Gulf Coast, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans Result Treaty of Ghent, status quo ante bellum
Belligerents
United States * and some Native American Allies	British Empire: United Kingdom The Canadian Provinces File:Bandera Eastern Shawnee.png Eastern Woodland Indians
Commanders and leaders
James Madison Henry Dearborn Jacob Brown Winfield Scott Andrew Jackson	George Prevost Isaac Brock† File:Bandera Eastern Shawnee.png Tecumseh†
Strength
•United States Regular Army: 6,686 (at start of war) 35,800 (at war's end) •Rangers: 3,049 •Militia: 458,463* •US Navy: (at start of war): •Frigates:6 •Other vessels: 14 •Indigenous peoples	•British Empire British Army: 6,034 (at start of war) 48,163 (at war's end) •Provincial Regulars: 10,000 •Militia: 4,000 •Royal Navy & Royal Marines: •Ships of the Line: 11 •Frigates: 34 •Other vessels: 52 •Provincial Marine: unknown •Indigenous peoples: 3,500
Casualties and losses
Killed or wounded: 6,765 Disease and other: 17,205 Civilian: presumably 500	Killed or wounded: 4,400 Disease and other: unknown Civilian: unknown
Very few militia members left their homes to fight in the war's campaigns

The War of 1812 (known as the second American Revolution in Britain to distinguish it from the larger war with Napoleon I of France that occurred in the same year) was fought between the United States of America and the United Kingdom and its colonies, especially Upper Canada (Ontario), Lower Canada (Quebec), Nova Scotia, Bermuda and Newfoundland.

America Won.