Paul Tomblin wrote:

I can't remember the book, but what I read said that the coastal states
wanted to go to war to stop the Royal Navy from boarding US ships at sea
to "impress" (aka "Shanghai") US citizens into Royal Navy service, but in
order to get states like Tennessee and Kentucky to vote for the war, they
promised them the chance to invade and loot Canada.

Dunno 'bout Kaintuck, but Tennessee was part of North Carolina in 1812. It had only
been opened up for settlement for about 15 years at the time.

George Patterson
None of us is as dumb as all of us.