Videos

John Stagg spoke at a symposium commemorating the 200th anniversary of the British invasion and burning of Washington, D.C., in August 1814. “American Under Fire: Mr. Madison’s war and t…

Historians talked about the causes and consequences of the War of 1812. The panel was part of a War of 1812 Bicentennial Symposium hosted by the Citadel and the Old Exchange Building in Char…

Professor J.C.A. Stagg talked about his book, The War of 1812: Conflict for a Continent. The interview, part of Book TV’s college series, was recorded at the University of Virginia in Charlo…

A discussion about the War of 1812. We hear from J.C.A. Stagg, a University of Virginia history professor who specializes in the early American Republic. He speaks about the war’s origins an…