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((Short description|American patriotic organization))
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((Infobox organization
| name = General Society of the War of 1812
| logo = Seal of the General Society of the War of 1812.png
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| logo_caption = Seal
| named_after = The [[War of 1812]]
| established = ((start date and age|1814|09|14|p=1|br=1))
| founding_location = [[Baltimore]]
| type = [[Patriotism|Patriotic]] [[Voluntary association|organization]]
| tax_id = 22-6042718
| status = [[Nonprofit organization|Nonprofit]] [[corporation]]
| headquarters = [[Aberdeen Township, New Jersey|Aberdeen]], [[New Jersey]]
| region_served = [[United States]]
| language = [[English language|English]]<!--- EDITOR'S NOTE: Please do not change to "American English". --->
| publication = ''The War Cry''
| affiliations = [[National Society of United States Daughters of 1812|Daughters of 1812]]
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<!-- EDITORS NOTE: Please do not change the first paragraph without prior consensus, see [[Talk:General Society of the War of 1812]]. Thank you. -->The '''General Society of the War of 1812''', commonly known as the '''Society of the War of 1812''', is a [[Patriotism|patriotic]] [[Voluntary association|organization]] headquartered in [[Aberdeen Township, New Jersey|Aberdeen]], [[New Jersey]]. It was organized in 1814 at [[Baltimore]].<!-- EDITORS NOTE: Please do not change the first paragraph without prior consensus, see [[Talk:General Society of the War of 1812]]. Thank you. -->

== History ==
=== Background ===
The Maryland Society of the War of 1812 was organized at Baltimore on September 14, 1814 (two days after the [[Battle of North Point]]), by [[veteran]]s who had defeated Major-General [[Robert Ross (British Army officer)|Robert Ross]]'s forces there.<ref name="Browning1896">((cite magazine |editor1-last=Browning |editor1-first=Charles H. |date=1896 |title=The Society of the War of 1812 |url=https://archive.org/details/americanhistoric00brow |magazine=The American Historicial Register |location=Philadelphia |publisher=The Historical Register Co. |pages=[https://archive.org/details/americanhistoric00brow/page/124/mode/2up 124]–125 |access-date=January 5, 2024 |lccn=05006240 |oclc=70668222 |via=[[Internet Archive]]))</ref>

The Pennsylvania Society of the War of 1812 was organized at [[Philadelphia]] on January 9, 1854 (one day after the [[The Eighth (United States)|anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans]]), by a group of veterans who met in general convention at [[Independence Hall]], having responded to a call issued by [[Joel B. Sutherland]] (himself a veteran and former member of [[United States Congress|Congress]]). Ostensibly called to draft resolutions pertaining to federal [[Land grant|bounty land]] legislation, they acknowledged the need to organize at the national level for mutual support and to perpetuate the history of the [[War of 1812]]. They met again a year later in [[Washington, D.C.]], where they were received by President [[Franklin Pierce]] at the [[White House]] and lobbied [[33rd United States Congress|members of Congress]] to secure the federal legislation, which was passed into law as the Bounty Land Act of 1855 on March 3.<ref name="GSWar1812">((cite web |url=https://gswar1812.org |title=General Society of the War of 1812 |access-date=October 24, 2017))</ref>

=== Amalgamation ===
On April 14, 1894,<ref name="GSWar1812" /> the Maryland and the Pennsylvania societies met at Philadelphia to organize a general society. Being a federated society, they opted for the September 14, 1814, establishment date (the date the Maryland Society was first organized).<ref name="Browning1896" /> The General Society has since increased to 33 State societies.<ref name="GSWar1812" />

== Membership ==
((See also|National Society of United States Daughters of 1812))
The society admits men who are [[Lineal descendant|lineal descendant]]s of American veterans who served on [[Active duty|active federal duty]] during the War of 1812.<ref>((cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=American Orders & Societies and their Decorations |url=https://archive.org/details/americanordersso00hoodiala |location=Philadelphia |publisher=[[Bailey Banks & Biddle|Bailey, Banks & Biddle Company]] |pages=[https://archive.org/details/americanordersso00hoodiala/page/22 22]–24 |date=1917 |lccn=17013291 |via=[[Internet Archive]]))</ref><ref>((cite web |url=https://gswar1812.org/constitution/ |title=Constitution |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=General Society of the War of 1812 |date=September 4, 2017 |access-date=October 24, 2017))</ref>

== Notable members ==
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* Brigadier General [[Charles Wheaton Abbot, Jr.|Charles W. Abbot]]
* Major General [[John R. Brooke]]
* Major General [[John Cadwalader (general)|John Cadwalader]]
* Brevet Major [[Augustus P. Davis]]
* Admiral of the Navy [[George Dewey]]
* Rear Admiral [[John D. Ford]]
* Major General [[Adolphus Greely]]
* President [[Benjamin Harrison]]
* Brigadier General [[Tiemann Newell Horn|Tiemann N. Horn]]
* Major General [[Marshall I. Ludington]]
* The Honorable [[Martin O'Malley]]
* Major General [[Theodore S. Peck]]
* Brigadier General [[Edmund Rice (Medal of Honor)|Edmund Rice]]
* Brigadier General [[James M. J. Sanno]]
* Major General [[Joseph Wheeler]]
* Brigadier General [[William S. Worth]]
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== See also ==<!-- EDITORS NOTE: This section should primarily contain lists linked to the main article which are directly related to the organization. Thank you. -->
* [[List of hereditary and lineage organizations in the United States]]

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
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* Society of the War of 1812. The Constitution and Register of Membership of the General Society of the War of 1812. Philadelphia: [Published by the Secretary-General, by order of the Society], 1895.
* Society of the War of 1812. The Constitution and Register of Membership of the General Society of the War of 1812 to Oct. 1, 1899: Organized September 14, 1814. Re-Organized January 9, 1854. Instituted in Joint Convention at Philadelphia, Pa., April 14, 1894. Philadelphia, Pa: Dewey & Eakins, makers, 1899.
* General Society of the War of 1812, and Frederick Ira Ordway. Register of the General Society of the War of 1812. 1972.
* Blizzard, Dennis F. The Roster of the General Society of the War of 1812. Mendenhall, Pa: The Society, 1989.
* General Society of the War of 1812. General Society of the War of 1812: Triennial Yearbook 1987–90. [Place of publication not identified]: General Society Of The War Of 1812, n.d.
* General Society of the War of 1812. General Society of the War of 1812: Organized September 14, 1814. [Place of publication not identified]: The Society, 1908.
* Society of the War of 1812. The Charter, Constitution and Rules of the General Society of the War of 1812: With the Register of Membership. Philadelphia: s.n, 1800.
* Society of the War of 1812. Society of the War of 1812 in the District of Columbia: Organized April 18, 1896 : Admitted to the General Society June 19, 1896. Washington, D.C.: [publisher not identified], 1934.
* Society of the War of 1812 in Virginia. The Constitution and Register of Membership of the General Society of the War of 1812 to October 1, 1899. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Society of the War of 1812, 1899.
* Society of the War of 1812. Society of the War of 1812 in the District of Columbia. Washington, D.C.: [publisher not identified], 1900.
* Blizzard, Dennis F. Descendants of War of 1812 Veterans: General Society of the War of 1812 : Founders' Register, Commemoration, 1894–1994. Mendenhall, PA: The Society, 1994.
* General Society of the War of 1812. 1812 War Cry. Mendenhall, PA: General Society of the War of 1812, 1900.
* General Society of the War of 1812. Proceedings of the ... Biennial Meeting Held at. Philadelphia: General Society of the War of 1812, 1800.
* Biennial Conference of the General Society of the War of 1812. The 29th Biennial Convention of the General Society of the War of 1812 in Conjunction with the 142nd Annual Defenders Day Dinner of the Society of the War of 1812 in the State of Maryland. [Baltimore, Md.]: [General Society], 1956.
* General Society of the War of 1812. Proceedings of the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Biennial Meetings: Held at Baltimore, Maryland September 12, 1928, Weymouth, Massachusetts September 13, 1930, Washington, District of Columbia October 1, 1932, Asbury Park, New Jersey September 22, 1934 and West Point, New York September 26, 1936. Philadelphia: General Society of the War of 1812, 1938.
* Society of the General War of 1812. Proceedings of the Tenth Biennial Meeting Held at Baltimore, Sept. 12, 1914. 1914.
* Society of the War of 1812 in the State of California, Dennis W. Simpson, and Lee E. Bishop. The 2002 California Yearbook. [Glendale]: Society of the War of 1812 in the State of California, 2002.
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== External links ==
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