[PUGACHEV]

It is certainly an interesting and overlooked period of history. There are really not enough books that one can read about it. The British never actually took Mobile. They forced the surrender of Ft. Bowyer, and prepared to attack the city, but Admiral Cochrane called it off when news of the Treaty of Ghent finally arrived two days later.

What I have always thought interesting, and ironic considering the outcome, was how elaborate were the British preparations for the attack on New Orleans. There were literally shiploads of clerks and scribes, their families, and their goods in Cochrane's fleet waiting offshore for the thoughtful purpose of establishing an efficient civil administration in New Orleans once it had been captured. The way things turned out, they never set foot on land.

[the scotsman]

You are correct, I realised I had typed the wrong thing, but had already posted. The British fought successfully up to the edge of Mobile, but as they prepared to attack, news came of the treaty. Fort Bowyer and one or two minor skirmishes ended the war.

I also enjoy 1812, the forgotten war overshadowed by both 1776-83 and the British fighting the Napoleonic Wars.

[the scotsman]

Its a fascinating war especially from the Canadian point of view.