i^alliba, Janes, i^arrative of tiie "battle of ^rovmstown. . . ^fi^-m Kwmm ' m^ ':A^;t> v,?*..^ '.J' J . yr^ THE LIBRARY* 1789 Book • PO 10— 37(UM>-I ! i (i r J MA P or TH€ Battle Ground AT B LAD ENS BURG ^^To Geor^ re^^,, 5> -5= > <»v S'' S C A L C or y AflDS too SOO 300 400 SOO tOOO 1 Col. Uriiirii llrKiinent. 2d Rog't of .Smitli's Brigade. 9 StuU's ami 1 i 2 Sailors and iMuriiics. C Major Totcr's Hattery. 10 Stansbiiry'ii 3 Uampy'it Battery. 7 Major AVnring's Battalion. Uogiment. 1 1«i Ri-R't of .Sm'ith'H Brlprndp. R r.t.-col. Scott'sRftg't Ropulnrs. 11 .'^tansbiiry'B ;dson'sComp's. V2 5th Reg' t Baltimore Volunteeiv. 10 2Conip's Jlilitia andl of RifleF. 5ade — Ragaa's 13 Capt. Burch's Artillery. 17 The Baltimore Artillery. [Regiment. 14 The Cavalry. IS Major Pinkney's Riflernen. ^ade — Shutz's 15 Capt. Doiighty's Company. 1.1 I,ient.-nol. Kramer's Battalin?i. ( '^. No DEPAR Alcove, . Shelf,.... 10143 1 LIBRARY OF THE TMENT OF STATE. ' ; 1 M \r ^fo' ^ NARRATIVE OF rHE BATTLE OF BROWNSTOW.N. WHICH WAS FOUGHT ON THE 9tl. OF AUQUS^ 1812, DURIN-Q TIIF. OAAI PAIRN OF THE NORTH WESTERN ARMV UNDER THE COAIMAKD OF BRIGADIER GENERAL HULL. BY JAMES DALLIBA, MAJOR OF ORDNANCE UNITED STATES ARMV, NEW-YORK. PUBLISHED BY DATID LON'GWOUTH, At the Shakspeare-Gallery, 11 Park. .foSEPH DKSNOUKS, printer No. 7 Murray-st. ■ ♦ 1816. P K E F A C E. The object of publishing the following narrative is not to gain fame as a writer, nor to emblazon to the public the deeds of those who were actors in the scene. The first I have no claim to, and the second I do not desire. One object is to relate a simple story of facts which are not generally known, and which, I think, cannot biit be in- teresting to those who take the trouble to read it. But the principal object is to give the historian all opportunity of selecting such parts of it as he may think proper. I have often conversed with gentlemen of intelligence on the subject of the campaign of the North Western Army under the command of General Hull, in 1S12, who appear- ed to possess but very little correct information relative to the transactions of that army. I am desirous that some one, more able, who possesses the necessary information should give a correct and detailed history of that campaign. The following narrative relates to one event, only, the particulars of which have never before been published. So little was said about it at the time, that' the impression on the public mind, that such an event ever occurred, is nearly lost. The distance of the scene from the populous parts of the country, and the interruption to them, by the enemy, confined the intelligence of the engagement to the army, and to the few inhabitants of the territory of Mi- chigan, until it was brought out by the paroUed prisoners of war, after the fatal surrender of the army and of the territory, to the enemy, by general Hull. fl i'UEFACfc. The little spark of intelligence, thougli brilliant, was thetf so completely enveloped in the general darkness that per- vaded the United States, that it shone but faintly, and the impressions it made on the minds of the people werf superficial A NARRATIVE OF THE BATTLE OF BROWNSTOWN, &c. ON or about the 3d of Auoust 1812, Briga- dier General William Hull received a letter fiom captain Brush of the Ohio volunteers, in- forming him that he had arrived at the River Rai- sin, 36 miles from Detroit, with a detachment of 200 men, as a convoy to a quantity of provisions brought from Ohio for the army ; that as he had to pass through about 20 miles of woods, and the road leading through Brownstown, 6 miles from Fort Maiden, or Amherstburgh, was the only one he could travel, he thought it advisable to halt the convoy and wait for a detachment from the army at Detroit to. re-inforce him, before be attempted to reach that place : that it was pro- bable the enemy had obtained infor-nation of his 4,' a})proach, and would endeavor to intercept him at or near Brownstown, with a body of indians, to cut otf the escort and capture the provisions. On receiving this information, the General dis- patched Major Van Horn of the Ohio volunteers, with about 200 men of that corps, principally riflemen, to meet captain Brush at the River Rai- sift. This detadiuieut was con&idered insuffici- \ ent, by the principal officers of the army, and that opinion was expressed to the (ieneial, but he persisted in his own, and the detachment was or^ dered to march. On the morning of the fourth, the troops cros- sed the River Detroit, from Sandwich, where the army then lay, and about 2 o'clock p. m. moved for the River Raisin. On the .Oth, about 10 o'clock A. M. the detachment were attacked at AIa!j;uaga, near Browi«town, by a body of indians, who had been sent from Maiden for that purpose. The town and fort of Maiden are situated in upper Canada on the River Detroit, and near its en- trance into Lake Erie. Brownstown, a large In- dian village, lies opposite to Maiden on the amer- ican shore of the River in the territory of Mi- chigan, and 20 miles below the town of Detroit. The River, at its mouth is about 6 miles wide, and contains several Islands ; some of which ex- tend from 6 to 10 miles up the River, and di- vide it into several channels, all of which are navigable for boats, but that which lies conti- iTuous to the town and fort of Maiden, and be- tween them and the Isle au Bois Blanc or White-wood island, and about 300 yards wide, is the only one which is navigable for shipping. These islands are mostly covered with a thick and heavy wood. The indians were concealed so as not to be seen. The yells and firing were heard, and the effect of the balls severely felt; but as a single enemy could not be discovered, the return fire was of no use. In this situation the detachment, composed of militia volunteers. 9 and unaf customed to war, could not loner be Icep^ in order. They at first fell back by order, to take a new position, but soon began to fall out an « IS ject of this airan^ement was to euable the co- lumns, when in tiie woods and out of sight of each other, to know their relative positions: that they miirht severally fjuicken or retard (heir maich, or oblique to the right or left, as their po- sition at the moment the drums were heard might require, so as to keep as nearly as possible, the same position as to each other they were placed in when the march was commenced : and, also, to enable the several guards to keep their proper position relative to the whole. The method of forming the line of battle from the order of march was as follows : In case an attack was made in front, the ad- vance guard was to stand till the columns of in- fantry and riflemen formed in lines and marched upon it. The two columns of infantry were to form two lines to the front ; the front division of each column were to form the first line, and the rear divisions the second line, which brought the regular troops into the first line. The two lines were to be formed respectively on the centres of the divisions of columns which were to compose them. If the first line should requije extending the right and left divisions of the second line were to advance and form respectively on the right and left flanks of the first line. If the first line should not require extending, the second line was to form a corps of reserve\ The right and left flank guards were to form respectively on the right and left flanks of the front line. The artillery and cavalry were to move to that point IG by order of the commander in chief, which he sfioiild tliink proper to direct. The rear guard was to protect the waggons and stores. If an at- tack should be made in rear, the columns were to form lines to the rear, and march upon the rear guard as upon the front and so of other corps. If an attack should be made on either flanks the whole were to halt and the columns face to the enemy ; and by so facing they would already be formed in two lines; and the other corps would form as before directed. In this order the detachment marched from the encampment near the river Rouge on the morning of the 9th. They proceeded through the White Settlement, which was about five miles, and entered the woods. The country from the river Rouge to Brownstown is general- ly flat, and lies but a little above the surface of the river Detroit. Indian huts and fields ai'e in- terspersed through the woods : at that time the fields were covered with corn, which was grown to 7 and 8 feet high. The first w oods which the troops entered was about one mile and a half through. When the advance guard had arrived at the farther edge of this wood, the spies having Advanced into the Indian opening, were fired up- on by a party of about ten Indians, who were on horseback, and had concealed themselves behind the house of th^ celebrated chief, Walk-in-the water. The spies fell back : a citizen from De- troit who accompanied them was killed, and fell from his horse. The guard under captain Snel- ling advanced quickly towards the bouse, at sight 17 ©f which, Ihe Indians fled without receivinof mucL injury from the fijuard, who fired upon them as they were uncovered by the house, bearing away as a trophy the citizen's scalp whom they had shot. The facility with which the scalp was ta- ken was astonishing. There appeared not to have been time for the Indian to have rta< bed the spot where the man fell, before the guard ar- rived upon the same spot, when the scalp had been taken off and the Indian fled. When the tiring was heard by the columns, the order \^as given by colonel Miller to "form the line of bat- tle," which soon ran through the detachment, and was executed promptly , but as the Indians had jfled the firing ceased, and all was silent for a few moments. The spies were again ?ient forward, but soon returned, and reported that no enemy could be discovered. The troops were again formed in the order of march and moved f -r- ward as before. The firnmess with which colo- nel Vliller conducted during this alarm, and his presence of mind, gave the army fresh courage, and increased their confidence in their command- er : as also, the promptness and order with whit h the line of battle was formed, gave him recipro- cal confidence in his troops ; for every one be- lieved that the enemy had met them in force. This happened about 9 o'clock A. M. The march was continued imtill 12 without much fur- ther interruption. Some flying Indians were dis- covered now and then, who had been sent out by the enemy to watch the movements of the Ainc-^ J8 iicari8, and to t^ive information of their aj)proacLi towards Jirovvnstown ; where the enemy as ap- peared afterwards, then lay in ambush to receive them. He had crossed over from Maiden and taken that position on the night of the 7th, the same time the American detachment crossed from Sandwich to Detroit ; which clearly proved that he had intelligence of the movement and object of colonel Miller: For all the Indians and their Allies had recrossed to Maiden after the defeat of major Van Home, to celebrate the vic- tory and present the American scalps to the commanding officer of that fort. The position which the enemy had chosen lay in an open oak wood, just at the declivity of a rising ground, over which the Americans had to pass. He had thrown up breastworks of trees, logs, &LC. behind which he lay concealed in force and in order of battle. His works were thrown up in form of a courtine with two flanks. The line of the courtine lay across the road and per- p'^ndicularly to it. The flanks formed an angle with the courtine of about 120. The courtine was lined with Britisli regular troops, two deep, of the 41st regiment of foot, under the command ol maj- tioned, whose conduct was, from concomitant circumstances, most deeply impressed on the mind of the writer. In doing this, however, he ■wishes to be distinctly understood, that the con- D 2G duct of many others was equally meiitorious. As he writes entirely from recollection, the im- possibility at this time of giving the names, and much more the actions of every individual will readily be conceived. Major Van Home who had the mortification to be defeated on nearly (he same ground on the 5th, had sought and ob- tained a command under colonel Miller. He behaved during tlie whole action in a gallant and soldierly manner. Major Morison of the Ohio volunteers, also obtained a command in the de- tachment, of whose meritorious conduct colonel Miller always spoke with the greatest warmth of feeling ; his horse was shot under him at near- ly the same time colonel Miller was dismounted, being at that moment near together. Lieute- nant .Johnson, of the Michigan Dragoons, (a small number of which corps formed a part of the cavalry) behaved in a most gallant manner — he had his horse shot under him. At the mo- ment the charge was ordered, being near colonel Miller, he discovered one of his men shrink from the attack, at which he presented his pistol to his breast and was on the point of blowing him through, when colonel Miller desired him not to kill him, as he considered the battle was going in their favor. Captain De Cant and his ensign M'Coinb of the Michigan legion, behaved in a manner which would have done honor to vete- rans, particularly when charging the Ipdians in their works on the river flank ; captain De Cant was the first man who jumped the breast work at that point, thereby encouraging his men to fol- 27 low him. Captain Brown, of Ihe Ohio volun- teers, who was on the flank opposed to Terum- ieh, with his company, fought hard and stubborn! his conduct was admired by colonel Miller — as was the conduct of all the volunteers, both offi- cers and men on thai flank. Captain Daniel Ba- ker, of the first regiment U. S. Infantry, had re- quested and obtained a command; he was on the flank opposed to the Indians under Tecumseh. His gallantry and the effect of his experience contributed greatly to the foiling of Tecumseh in his manoeuvering to turn that flank of the American line. He was shot through the thigh in the warmest part of the engagement, but did not quit his command till the enemy finally fled, nor the ground until the wounded were all brought off*. Lieutenant Eastman with the six pounder did good execution and contributed greatly to the defeat of the British troops. The fourth regiment behaved generally in that chi- valrous manner which ought to render the indi- viduals then composing it, the objects of their country's warmest affections and unceasing pa- tronage. These sentiments it is believed must be ac- knowledged by all those who are acquainted with their conduct, fatigues and hardships dur- ing this and the preceding campaign on the Wa- bash. They had been for eighteen months al- most continually traversing those wild regions of the north west, where perils and dangers a- waited them through every succeeding day and night, where they were necessarily deprived of 28 alinost all (he enjoyments and comforts of life, and during some portion of the time, of the ne- cessary means of subsistence. They had march- ed during successive weeks in mud and water, and during successive days without having dried their feet. Tliey had now fought during this time two of the Heverest battles that had ever been fought under the government of the United Stales, larger numbers had been engaged, but an equal number had never fought more desperate. These battles were as much more perilous than usual as the enemy were more ter- rible: capture was massacre, and defeat was an- nihilation. The conduct of colonel Miller, it is believed, will be correctly appreciated from the foregoing narrative of facts, by his countrymen. Enco- mium would be insipid. Captain Snelling, of the advance guard, behaved in that heroic man- ner that can never be excelled : of his command of forty men, more than twenty were killed and wounded. In the retreat of the enemy, he pursued on horsei)ack (the remnant of his guard falling into the line) bare headed, having lost his hat in the engagement. It is believed it was shot away. Captains Fuller and Burton ; lieutenants Peters, Hawkins, Way, Eastman, Ager, Peckham and Larabecof the fourth, all conducted in the most gallant manner; as also did captain Whistler, junior; lieutenant Stansbury, ensigns W'histler, M'Cabc, Cibley and Phillips of the first U. S. re- giment of infantry, who served in the fourth on that tour. 29 / Lieutenant Peters was wounded in tlie early part of the engafirement, having been shot through the leg, the same and a little below that which had been shot through at the battle of Tippacanoe : ensign ^Yhistler was also wound- ed. Captain Brenvort, aid to colonel Miller, behaved with that cool and daring intrepidity which gained him the admiration of the army. Captain Hull was active and very useful in car- rvincT the orders of colonel Miller. Lieutenant Charles Larabee of the fourth, was also wound- ed; he was shot through the left arm a little be- low the shoulder, the bone of which was broken and split, and which was amputated a few days afterwards. On his falling to the rear, which he was persuaded to do, he found the officer and squad with the howitzer in difficulty. The po- sition of this piece on the march being in rear of the six pounder and its ammunition waggon, and considerably in the rear of the centre of the co- lumns, when the attack was made in front, it had •not ascended the rising ground on which the lin^^s formed. The enemy not being seen from that position, and their situation, and the nature of the attack being unknown ; the piece was un- limbered and prepared for action, and awaited the orders of the commander in chief, agreeably to his instructions. Orders soon came by an aid, captain Hull, to advance the piece to the front, in line with the infantry, in conseciuence of hav- ing to ascend the rising ground: the soil being soft and the road somewhat obstructed by logs and roots, it was necessary again to limber the 30 piece in order to advance it to its intended po- sition. At this moment, the horses being fright- ened by the firing^ grew frantic and unmanage- able, and in endeavoring to bring the limbers to the piece they were run^ against a tree and so twisted around it as to break them down. They were thrown aside, and an attempt made to ad- vance the piece to the front by the men with their drag ropes. In consequence of the ob- structions before mentioned, the men with all their exertions, were able to advance it but slow- ly up the rising ground, with the officer at the drag ropes. In this situation, tugging up the hill, lieutenant Larabee met them, when he saw their trouble, forgetting that he was hurt, he sprang to the piece, clinched the drag rope with his right hand, and with the greatest enthusiasm of feeling and language, he assisted in bringing the piece to the front with his left arm swinging from its shattered point, when he again returned to the rear. This misfortune of the howitzer deprived colonel Miller of its use during the, time the British troops stood their ground. It could not be brought in front of the line so a* to fire on the enemy, without injuring the Ame- ricans till the moment the enemy's line broke, as there was but ten men attached to it. That number being its compliment in action only, could not advance it under those circumstances in time. The conduct of the officer command- ing the piece, however, was applauded and his misfortune solaced by colonel Miller. Horses were then taken from a waggon and hitched to 31 the trail transom and the howitzer accompanied the troop in the pursuit of the enemy. In ttiis action eighteen Americans were killed and sixty three wounded, making in killed and wounded eighty one ; about one man in seven Who were engaged : not one man was captured. The loss of the enemy was ascertained to be, of Indians killed and wounded one hundred and two, more than one half of that number were left dead on the field, and believed to be from the best infor- mation, of whites, fifty eight, total one hundred and sixty : a few whites were taken prisoners. The British had brought over horses and sleds to carry off their killed and wounded and con- sequently they were mostly taken to Maiden. The writer believes the above stated number of killed and wounded of the white enemy to be too small, as he saw in the hospitals at Maiden, a few weeks afterwards, while a prisoner of war and on his way to Quebec, a great number of convalescent men : many had died : among whom were one or two officers of the forty first regi- ment. He also ascertained that major Muer. Tecumseh, Blue Jacket, and other commanders were wounded. Some time in the evening of the ninth captain Maxwell returned with his spies, having been sent forward to the village of Brownstown, and reported that the village was abandoned and that no enemy could be discovered. Early next morning August 10th, detachments were sent out by colonel Miller to scour the woods in search of one man who was ascertained to be still miss- 32 insj ; he was, houerer, found dead. While the men were ranging over the woods one of them was shot dead. A smoke of a piece was disco- vered at a distance rising from the ground by the party — they approached the spot and be- held an Indian lying on the ground wounded, and unable to stand — one arm and one h ff were broken — he had lain there during the night, by his piece which was loaded when he fell. The cool deliberation with which he died, proved the native fortitude of the savage, to meet death when resistance is useless. Unwilling to endure his pains longer, and die by degrees, he deter- mined to die by the hand of his enemies and to sell his life to them as dear as possible. He summoned together the little strength which re- mained, and so steadily levelled liis riile at the approaching American as to put the ball through his heart. He was dispatched in his turn. A singular occurrence happened also as to the death of an Indian who was killed the day before during the battle, and near the close of it : — An officer of the fourth regiment had ob- served two or three balls strike close to him and apparently from a quarter where no enemy could be discovered, he told one of his men to search for the Indian whom he supposed con- cealed, and on watching for the discharge he dis- covered it to be overhead — he looked into the top of a tree and saw an Indian loading his rifie, he took a position to fire at the savage, who dis- covered it and made ready to fire at the soldier, but the soldier being a little too quick for him. 33 put a ball throuorh him and he came tumbling down from the tree like a bear. The dead being all collected, on the tenth a- bout 10 o'clock A. M. were buried under an In- dian house in one grave, and the house burned down, to conceal from the savages the spot where thev lav. Captain Maxwell, who bad been sent out in the morning to the village and on the road to- wards the liver Rai^iin, returned with his spies and reported that the communication with the river Kaisin was now completely opened. He brought back with him some tanned A(nerican . scalps which he found in the village, which prov- ed that the Indians tied precipitately on hearing of the defeat of their aljies the day before, or they would have taken the scalps with them. Colonel Miller had dispatched captain Snelling, during the evening after the action, to Detroit, with a letter to general Hull, informing him of the battle, and required boats to be sent down immediately to take the wounded back to De- troit, and desired him to send down 150 or 200 men to reinforce him if it was convenient ; as his detachment was so much reduced, that if the enemy should make his appeiirance again with teinfovcements, he might be overpowered. That he should remain and protect the wounded till the arrival of the boats. He further stated to general Hull, that as the detac hment had march" cd with but two days provision it would be all expended by the time the bo^ts would arrive? £ 34 That be wished Ihe general to send down two davs additional rations for the whole detarhriient hy the boats. That he was anxious to proceed, as the co>nmunication with the river Raisin was now opened. Bri'2;adier general M'Arthur (serving as colo- nel) of the Ohio volunteers, was dispatched from Detroit with the boats, and arrived at the en- campment about H o'clock, on the 10th. He brought no more men than he required to escort the boats back with the wounded, as the British shipping had taken a position at the head of the islands in the river Detroit, and might send out boats and attack the American bonts on their return. General M*Arthur brought not more than one half of a ration of provisions for each man of the detachment. This was immediately cooked and eaten at one meal, before general M'Arthur left the encampment. The wounded were all put on board the boats, and started for Detroit about 3 o'clock in the af- ternoon. It was now so late in the day that it was thought advisable not to commence the march for the river Raisin till next morning, ag they would not get through that night, and it would be dangerous to be attacked in the swamps in the dark : — In the mean time as the men had no provisions colonel Miller thought he could send to Detroit by express again and ob- tain provisions by the next morning. He ac- cordingly digpatched doctor Scott, of Detroit, who had volunteered as a spy to the detachment under captain Maxwell, with a new requisition 35 on general Hull for provisions, and informer) hin) of the arranojeinents. Doctor Hcott left the army about 4 o'clock P. M. on the 10th. The troops were then set to work to build a temporary breast-work for the better security of the camp, under the direction of lieutenant Dal- liba of the artillery, and major Trimble of the volunteers, who joined the detachment after the engas^ementj which was made of rails and stakes so eflTectual as to be proof ai^^inst nuisquetry. Huts were made for the men of rails and brush to secure them a little from the inclemency of the weather. It had rained during tht^ whole time from about 9 o'clock on the evening after the battle till this time, and still continued with increased severity. Both officers and men had lain, being very much fatigued, during the night before on the bare ground without shelter. On the morning of the 11th, the troops being extremely hungry, detachments were sent out in search of Indian's hogs, and to obtain whatever they could find that could be eaten. They re- turned without finding any thing except one or two shoats, and a little green corn, and a few po- tatoes, which was soon eaten up; and neither doctor Scott nor the provisions from Detioit, made their appearance. In this state of suspense the troops waited the whole day, expecting the arrival of the provisions every moment. About sun set doctor Scott returned and gave informa- tion that, on returning to the army by a back route, he had lost his way, and this was the rea- ison of his delay. He brought a rvritien order 36 from sreneral Hull to colonel Miller, to return to Detroit with the detachment as soon as possible — that provisions would be sent to meet him at the la>^t house of the white settlement, near the river Ecorce. On readinsf this unexpected order, colonel INIiller (apparently in sjreat distress) clasped his hands and exclaimed: "My God! what can this mean? what can be the cause of this unaccount- able transaction ?" At this time the enemy had brouofht a piece of artillery and placed it on an island at about one mile distant and were endeavoring to throw shot into the camp. Every thing being prepared for the return to Detroit, fires were reojularly built throughout the camp, the breastworks set on fire, and when every thing wore the appearance of repose for the night, the order was given to march ! The roadf were excessively muddy owing to the large quantity of rain which had fallen, and in many places through marshes and water courses, they were covered with water from one to two feet deep. The darkness of the night rendered it al- most impossible for the artillery and w^aggons to keep the road — tiiey were several times run fast against trees, and the howitzer having no limber, was drawn by the axle of the carriage and fol- lowed by tlie men at the trail hand spikes through all the mud and water. The march was so much retarded from the various causes, that the troops did not arrive at the white settleme'nt till 2 o'cieck on the luurning of the I2th, At 37 the place appointed, they joyfully met the provi- sions sent from Detroit by general Hull. A halt was ordered, encampment formed, provisions is- sued, cooked and eaten, and ihe men, nearly ex- hausted with hunger and fatigue, were permitted to repose till day light. The cheerfulness with which the men endured their ps ivations and sufferings was almost incre- dible. Their continued exposure to the lurking savage kept every individual anxious and Tigi- lent. The hearts of the little remaining army were cemented together by the desire of mutual protection, and by the ties of the strongest friendship. What but such scenes could unite in one object the interest of so many individu- als? What else could hush all the discordant passions of their hearts, and cause them to thrilT together, in perfect unison. 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