CSPAN2 Book TV November 24, 2012
What happened to the men, did they go home or did they go to the guard industry . The guard industry was definitely a couple centuries a way. Not a couple, but one. One century away. No, most of them were repatriated. There were furloughs and exchanged, and the british thought it would be to their strategic advantage to do so. Of course, he got home only to face a courtmartial, so that didnt work out quite so well for him. [laughter] [inaudible] the question is, whats the canadian perspective of the war of 1812, how is it taught up there . I should say, first, i have no firsthand knowledge of ...