"... the definitive analysis of the battle of Chippawa. Donald Graves establishes its historical background, describes the opposing armies, brings them into battle, and assesses the results, without wasting a word ― yet his account of the battle combines high color and exact detail. You find yourself alternately in the generals' boots and the privates' brogans, in all the smoke, shock and uproar of a short-range, stand-up fire fight."
- John Elting, author of Swords Around a Throne: Napoleon's Grande Armee
I haven't compared the two as yet, but it is well-worth it to get the book just on Chippawa.
Is there much more detail about the battle in this than there is in Don's later Where Right & Glory Lead!? I know that the latter is notionally about Lundy's Lane, but as I recall it covers the whole campaign, including Chippawa, in some depth.
Yes, it is. And Chippawa was fought by two equal armies in numbers in an open field. It made the US Army in the War of 1812 and showed Winfield Scott to be an excellent combat leader and trainer.
Good book