Campaigns of the War of 1812-15, Against Great Britain, Sketched and Criticized; with Brief Biographies of the American Engineers

CHAPTER FIRST. MILITARY EDUCATION AND CAUSES OF THE WAR ; WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF BRIGADIER- GENERAL WILLIAMS , CHAPTER SECOND. CAMPAIGN OF 1812 ; WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF MAJOR-GENERAL JOSEPH G. TOTTEN, CHAPTER THIRD. WESTERN CAMPAIGN OF 1813 ; WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF LIEUT. -COLONEL ELEAZER D. WOOD, CHAPTER FOURTH. EASTERN CAMPAIGN OF 1813 ; WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF BRIG. -GENERAL JOSEPH G. SWIFT, CHAPTER FIFTH. CAMPAIGN OF 1814 ; WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF COLONEL WILLIAM MCREE , PAGE 9 65 · 91 141 199 8 CONTENTS . CHAPTER SIXTH. SIEGE AND DEFENSE OF FORT ERIE , IN 1814 ; WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF MAJOR DAVID BATES DOUGLASS , PAGE 234 CHAPTER SEVENTH. CHESAPEAKE CAMPAIGN OF 1813-14 ; WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF BRIG. -GENERAL WALKER ARMISTEAD , . K. 269 CHAPTER EIGHTH . LOUISIANA CAMPAIGN OF 1814-15 ; WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF MAJOR A. LACARRIERE LATOUR, 305 CHAPTER NINTH. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF ENGINEERS ENGAGED IN THE WAR OF 1812-15 , 342 BRIG. -GENERAL CHARLES GRATIOT, 342 CAPTAIN WILLIAM PARTRIDGE , 353 BRIG. -GENERAL SYLVANUS THAYER, 354 BRIG. -GENERAL RENÉ E. DE RUSSY, 355 LIEUT. GEORGE TRESCOT, 360 LIEUT. HORACE C. STORY, 361 CHAPTER TENTH. JOURNAL OF THE NORTHWESTERN CAMPAIGN OF 1812-13 , UNDER MAJOR-GENERAL WILLIAM H. HARRISON, BY BVT. LIEUT. -COLONEL ELEAZER D. WOOD, CAPT. CORPS OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 362