{"id":20865,"date":"2017-03-28T10:41:13","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T14:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=20865"},"modified":"2017-03-28T10:41:13","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T14:41:13","slug":"war-of-1812-recruitment-advertisements-what-induced-your-ancestor-to-serve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/war-of-1812-recruitment-advertisements-what-induced-your-ancestor-to-serve.html","title":{"rendered":"War of 1812 Recruitment Advertisements: What Induced Your Ancestor to Serve?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction<\/em><\/strong>: In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to find recruitment ads that induced men to enlist in the War of 1812. Mary is a genealogist, author and editor with a strong technology background.<\/em><\/p>\n

Last year I wrote about the vast amount of genealogy data found in Civil War recruitment advertisements (see Civil War Recruitment Advertisements: What Induced Your Ancestor to Serve?<\/a>). Incentives swayed the choice to enlist, and provide an interesting look into the decisions made by our veteran ancestors.<\/p>\n

As a comparison, I decided to explore the War of 1812, which lasted from 18 June of 1812 to 18 February 1815. Were there similar newspaper ads offering similar perks like during the Civil War? Although I did not find as many variations as I found in Civil War ads, I did discover a number of intriguing offerings.<\/p>\n

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Illustration: American infantry attack at the Battle of Lundy’s Lane, War of 1812, 25 July 1814. Credit: New York State Military Museum; Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Background <\/strong><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a brief look at what was happening during this time period.<\/p>\n

The United States declared war on Great Britain for several reasons. Among them were:<\/p>\n