An Historical Sketch Of The Campaign Of 1815

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Download or read book A Brief Sketch of the Services of John G. Watmough During and Subsequent to the Campaign of 1814 and 1815 (Classic Reprint) written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Brief Sketch of the Services of John G. Watmough During and Subsequent to the Campaign of 1814 and 1815 Coh fohn G.lfatniouffh. John G.Watmough is a native of Philadelphia: at an early age, he exhibited the most enthusiastic devotion to liberty. Before he had attained his eighteenth year, the second war of our Independence had commenced; the conquest of the Guerriere had already excited the wildest enthusiasm in every breast; it fired the imagination of our youthful fellow-townsman, and he resolved at once to devote his life to the sacred cause of his country. He therefore left his home, abandoned the pleasures and comforts of domestic life, and hastened to the field. He had early applied to the venerable Madison for a commission in the regular army; and in the meanwhile, that no occasion of honour or usefulness might be lost, he joined a detachment of volunteers then raising for the defence of the Delaware, and with them performed a tour of duty in camp, under the command of the late Colonel Rush. At the end of three months, this fine battalion received orders to return home, the government having at that time no further occasion for its services, and young Watmough received a commission as a lieutenant in the second regiment, United States Artillery. He was immediately attached to a company commanded by Captain Alexander J.Williams. The first wish of his heart was now gratified, and he prepared accordingly to join the American Army on the northern Frontier. The prospects of the country were gloomy; our gallant armies had been beaten back; our strongest frontier post, Niagara, had been wrested from us; and our generals were retreating from Canada, and preparing to defend our own soil from mvasion. It was at this moment of doubt and terror, that the heroic Watmough determined to share the dangers and privations of his gallant countrymep. The company to which lieutenant Watmough was attached, received orders to march express for the Niagara frontier; and, with a view to rapidity of movement, and immediate co-operation with tlie troops already on that frontier, they were conveyed in open sleds, and amid all the severity of a northern winter, to the intended scene of action. Their object was to recover the strong hold which had beeo baselr given up, and thus redeem the tarnished honor of the country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.