US War of 1812 Casualty Records

Casualty Information

 * About 15,000 Americans died from the War of 1812.
 * About 8,600 British and Canadians died from the War of 1812.
 * Causes of death included death from battle or disease.

Casualty Records

 * The Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army by Francis B. Heitman
 * Lists Regular Army and volunteer officers from 1789 to 1903 in two volumes giving a brief history of the officers service and awards received.
 * Casualties (including prisoners of war) from 1789 to 1902 are also listed as well as a chronological list of battles, actions, etc., in which troops of the Regular Army have participated.
 * See Vol.2 pp.13-42 for a list of officers of the regular army that were killed, wounded, or taken prisoner between 1789 to 1903.


 * Known Military Dead during the War of 1812. by Clarence Peterson, 1955. ;
 * Returns of killed and wounded in battles or engagements with Indians and British and Mexican troops, 1790-1848. by Lt. Col. J. H. Eaton, comp. National Archives microfilm publications; M1283; ;
 * Ernest Green Some graves in Lundy's Lane Niagara, Ont., 1912

 State Sources
 * Alice Turner Miller, comp. Soldiers of the War of 1812, who died in Michigan Ithaca, Michigan : A.T. Miller, 1962 FHL 977.4 M23m
 * Arthur Louis Finnell, comp. Known War of 1812 veterans buried in Minnesota. Roseville, Minnesota : Park Genealogical Books, c1997 FHL 977.6 V3f
 * Index to the grave records of servicemen of the War of 1812, State of Ohio National Society, United States Daughters of 1812. Ohio Society, 1969 FHL Digital
 * compiled by Mary Hardin McCown, Soldiers of the War of 1812 buried in Tennessee Tennessee. Colonel David Henley Chapter Daughters of the War of 1812, 1977,c1959 FHL 976.8 M2mh
 * Myron E. Lyman, comp. Location of War of 1812 veteran graves in Virginia : arranged alphabetically by veteran and by city or county location Society of the War of 1812 in the Commonwealth of Virginia, 2009