Overcoming The Odds

A scholastic paper by Major Joseph D. Davidson:

OVERCOMING THE ODDS: A COMPARISON OF THE

U.S. NINTH AND TENTH* MILITARY DISTRICTS

DURING THE FINAL CAMPAIGNS OF

THE WAR OF 1812

"With victory in Europe behind them, the British could begin diverting battle proven troops, and supplies to North America. This policy perhaps had the potential to change the complexion of the war to heavily favor the British in numbers of experienced and battle hardened troops."

An earlier post delineated nine districts; the tenth was the Washington, D.C., area.