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6th (search for this): entry war-of-1812
St. Lawrence, pursued by British troops in a galley and gunboats, through the sinuous channels of the Thousand Islands. The same evening the belligerents had a fight by moonlight in Alexandria Bay, and land troops from Kingston reached Prescott, opposite Ogdensburg, at the same time. Wilkinson disembarked his army just above Ogdensburg, and marched to some distance below to avoid the batteries at Prescott. Brown, meanwhile, successfully took the flotilla past Prescott on the night of the 6th, and the forces were reunited 4 miles below Ogdensburg. There Wilkinson was informed that the Canada shores of the St. Lawrence were lined with posts of musketry and artillery to dispute the passage of the flotilla. To meet this emergency, Col. Alexander McComb was detached with 1,200 of the best troops of the army, and on the 7th landed on the Canada shore. He was followed by Lieutenant-Colonel Forsyth with his riflemen. On the 8th a council of war was held, and, after receiving a repo
8th (search for this): entry war-of-1812
ly took the flotilla past Prescott on the night of the 6th, and the forces were reunited 4 miles below Ogdensburg. There Wilkinson was informed that the Canada shores of the St. Lawrence were lined with posts of musketry and artillery to dispute the passage of the flotilla. To meet this emergency, Col. Alexander McComb was detached with 1,200 of the best troops of the army, and on the 7th landed on the Canada shore. He was followed by Lieutenant-Colonel Forsyth with his riflemen. On the 8th a council of war was held, and, after receiving a report from Col. J. G. Swift, the chief engineer, concerning the strength of the army, the question Shall the army proceed with all possible rapidity to the attack of Montreal? was considered, and was answered in the affirmative. General Brown at once crossed the river with his brigade. Meanwhile a large reinforcement had come down from Kingston to Prescott, and were marching rapidly forward to meet the American invaders. A severe engageme
20th (search for this): entry war-of-1812
ay River, was ordered to move to the St. Lawrence, at the mouth of that stream. The troops at the harbor were packed in scows, bateaux, Durham boats, and common lake sailboats, at the beginning of a dark night, with an impending storm hovering over the lake. Before morning there was a furious gale, with rain and sleet, and the boats were scattered in every direction. The shores of the little islands in that region were strewn with wrecks, and fifteen large boats were totally lost. On the 20th a large number of the troops and saved boats arrived at Grenadier Island, near the entrance to the St. Lawrence. There they were finally all gathered. The damage and loss of stores, etc., was immense. The troops remained encamped until Nov. 1. The snow had fallen to the depth of 10 inches. Delay would be dangerous, and on Nov. 9 General Brown and his division pushed forward, in the face of a tempest, to French Creek, at the present village of Clayton, on the St. Lawrence. Chauncey at the
January (search for this): entry war-of-1812
a off the coast of Brazil......Dec. 29, 1812 Schooner Patriot sails from Charleston, S. C., for New York......Dec. 30, 1812 [This vessel, having on board Theodosia, the wife of Governor Alston and only child of Aaron Burr, is never heard of afterwards.] Action at Frenchtown, now Monroe, Mich......Jan. 18, 1813 Defeat and capture of General Winchester at the river Raisin, Mich......Jan. 22, 1813 British fleet, Vice-Admiral Cockburn, attempts to blockade the Atlantic coast......January et seq. 1813 Sloop-of-war Hornet captures and sinks British sloop Peacock near the mouth of the Demerara River, South America......Feb. 24, 1813 York (now Toronto), Upper Canada, captured......April 27, 1813 Defence of Fort Meigs, O., by General Harrison......April 28–May 9, 1813 Gen. Green Clay is checked in attempting to reinforce Fort Meigs.......May 5, 1813 Fort George, on the west side of Niagara River, near its mouth, is captured by the American troops under General De
January 7th (search for this): entry war-of-1812
ckson had placed Gen. David B. Morgan with about 1,200 men and two or three guns a little in advance of his own position.] British attack General Jackson with artillery, but are forced to retire......Dec. 28, 1814 Another attempt made......Jan. 1, 1815 Final assault fails......Jan. 8, 1815 [The British commander, Sir Edward Pakenham, in his final assault designing to attack on both sides of the river at once, ordered Col. William (afterwards Sir) Thornton to cross on the night of Jan. 7 with 1,200 men and attack General Morgan at early dawn. The main assault under Pakenham was made as early as 6 A. M., the 8th, in two columns, the right under Maj.-Gen. Sir Samuel Gibbs, the left under Maj.-Gen. John Keane, and the reserve under Maj.-Gen. John Lambert; total force probably numbered about 7,000 men. General Gibbs's column in close ranks, sixty men front, came under fire first, which was so severe and deadly that a few platoons only reached the edge of the ditch and broke. I
January 9th (search for this): entry war-of-1812
e field, and his column routed. By 8 A. M. the assault was at an end. Colonel Thornton's attack on the west side of the river was successful, for he routed General Morgan's militia, which were poorly armed, and drove them beyond Jackson's position towards the city, and compelled Patterson to spike his guns and retire, but owing to the failure of the main assault, together with the loss of the chief officers, General Lambert, now chief in command, recalled Thornton from his successes, and on Jan. 9 began preparations for retreating. Of 7,000 British troops engaged in the assault, 2,036 were killed and wounded, the killed being estimated at over 700; Americans lost eight killed and thirteen wounded in the main assault; total loss on both sides of the river, seventy-one.] Frigate President, forty-four guns, Commodore Decatur commanding, is captured by the British frigates Endymion, forty guns, the Pomone, Tenedos, and Majestic......Jan. 15, 1815 Frigate Constitution captures the
February (search for this): entry war-of-1812
n the Revolution; the war of independence is yet to come. It was a war for independence, but not of independence. When it was determined, early in 1812, to declare war against Great Britain, preparations were at once made for the crisis. In February the congressional committee of ways and means reported a financial scheme, which was adopted. It was a system adapted to a state of war for three years. It contemplated the support of war expenses wholly by loans, and the ordinary expenses of t that the complaints of the Hartford convention (q. v.), and a commission from the legislature of Massachusetts appeared before the government. Fortunately, the news of the treaty of peace and the victory at New Orleans went over the country in February and saved the people from utter discouragement. The government took heart and authorized a loan of $18,400,000, the amount of treasury notes then outstanding; and as an immediate means to go on with, a new issue of treasury notes to the amount
March (search for this): entry war-of-1812
ee of ways and means reported a financial scheme, which was adopted. It was a system adapted to a state of war for three years. It contemplated the support of war expenses wholly by loans, and the ordinary expenses of the government, including interest on the national debt, by revenues. The estimated expense of the war the first year was $11,000,000. Duties on imports were doubled, a direct tax of $3,000,000 was levied, and an extensive system of internal duties and excise was devised. In March, Congress authorized a loan of $11,000,000, at an annual interest not to exceed 6 per cent., reimbursable in twelve years. When war was declared, only little more than half the loan was taken, and the President was authorized to issue treasury notes, payable in one year, bearing an annual interest of 5 3/5 per cent. Measures were also devised for strengthening the military force. It was weak when war was declared. Congress passed an act, June 26, 1812, for the consolidation of the old army
April 28th (search for this): entry war-of-1812
htown, now Monroe, Mich......Jan. 18, 1813 Defeat and capture of General Winchester at the river Raisin, Mich......Jan. 22, 1813 British fleet, Vice-Admiral Cockburn, attempts to blockade the Atlantic coast......January et seq. 1813 Sloop-of-war Hornet captures and sinks British sloop Peacock near the mouth of the Demerara River, South America......Feb. 24, 1813 York (now Toronto), Upper Canada, captured......April 27, 1813 Defence of Fort Meigs, O., by General Harrison......April 28–May 9, 1813 Gen. Green Clay is checked in attempting to reinforce Fort Meigs.......May 5, 1813 Fort George, on the west side of Niagara River, near its mouth, is captured by the American troops under General Dearborn......May 27, 1813 Frigate Chesapeake surrenders to the British ship Shannon ......June 1, 1813 Action at Stony Creek, Upper Canada......June 6, 1813 Affair at Beaver Dams, Upper Canada......June 24, 1813 Maj. George Croghan's gallant defence of Fort Stephenson
June (search for this): entry war-of-1812
there training for British service an army of negro slaves. The project was rejected only because the British, being then slaveholders themselves, did not like to encourage insurrection elsewhere. General Armstrong, Secretary of War, planned a second invasion of Canada in the autumn of 1813. There had been a change in the military command on the northern frontier. For some time the infirmities of General Dearborn, the commander-in-chief, had disqualified him for active service, and in June (1813) he was superseded by Gen. James Wilkinson, who, like Dearborn, had been an active young officer in the Revolution. Leaving Flournoy in command at New Orleans, Wilkinson hastened to Washington, D. C., when Armstrong assured him he would find 15,000 troops at his command on the borders of Lake Ontario. On reaching Sackett's Harbor (Aug. 20), he found one-third of the troops sick, no means for transportation, officers few in number, and both officers and men raw and undisciplined. Afte
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