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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hull , William 1753 -1825 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), MacKINAWinaw, or Michilimackinac (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Proctor , Henry A. 1765 -1859 (search)
Proctor, Henry A. 1765-1859
Military officer; born in Wales in 1765; joined the British army in 1781, and rose to the rank of major-general after his service in Canada in 1813.
He was sent to Canada in command of a regiment in 1812, and, as acting brigadier-general, commanded British troops at Amherstburg, under the direction of General Brock, to prevent Hull's invasion of Canada.
For his victory at Frenchtown he was made a brigadier-general.
He and his Indian allies were repulsed at Fort Meigs and at Fort Stephenson, and he was defeated in the battle of the Thames by General Harrison.
For his conduct in America, especially at Frenchtown, he was afterwards court-martialled, and suspended from command for six months; but was again in active service, and was made a lieutenant-general.
He died in Liverpool, England, in 1859.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Snelling , Josiah 1782 -1829 (search)
Snelling, Josiah 1782-1829
Military officer; born in Boston, Mass., in 1782; served in the war against Tecumseh; promoted captain in June, 1809, and won distinction at Tippecanoe; was conspicuous for gallantry during the second war with England, taking part in the battles of Lundy's Lane, Chippewa, and Fort Erie.
He refused to raise a flag of truce at the fall of Detroit, and while a prisoner declined to take his hat off to Nelson's monument, despite the efforts of the British soldiers to force him to remove it. Finally, he was freed from embarrassment by the command of Gen. Isaac Brock, who ordered the British soldiers to respect the scruples of a brave man.
He was promoted lieutenant-colonel in 1815 and colonel in 1819.
He was the author of Remarks on Gen. William Hull's memoirs of the campaign of the Northwestern army, 1812.
He died in Washington, D. C., Aug. 20, 1829.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wayne , Fort, attack on (search)
Wayne, Fort, attack on
Forts Wayne and Harrison, the former at the junction of the St. Joseph's and St. Mary's rivers, where they formed the Maumee, and the latter on the Wabash, were strongholds of the Americans in the Northwest in 1812. General Proctor, in command at Fort Maiden, resolved to reduce them, with the assistance of Tecumseh, whom Brock had commissioned a brigadier-general.
Major Muir, with British regulars and Indians, was to proceed up the Maumee Valley to co-operate with other Indians, and Sept. 1 was appointed as the day when they should invest Fort Wayne.
The garrison consisted of only seventy men under Capt. James Rhea.
The Indians prosecuted raids in other directions to divert attention from Forts Wayne and Harrison and prevent their being reinforced.
A scalping-party fell upon the Pigeon-roost settlement
Map of Fort Wayne and vicinity. in Scott county, Ind. (Sept. 3), and during the twilight they killed three men, five women, and sixteen children.
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