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General Sir George Prevost,

- Born May 1767, oldest of five children well educated at school
- commissioned to the army in 1779
- transfered to 74th foot (regiment I guess) as a lieutenant 1782
- Became Major in 1790
- Went to Nova Scotia as lieutenant Governor
- Commanded British Canadian forces in 1812
- Withdrew from victory at Sackets Harbor
- Defeated at Plattsburg in 1814
- Court-Marshalled in 1815, but died shortly before hearing

glossary

Magazine: A barrel or chest filled with gunpowder.

Militia: A group of citizens who joined the military service.

Depot: A stash of supplies of a certain kind.

Acknowledge: To admit something to be real or true.

Skirmish: A short fight between two small regiments.

Court Marshal: Tried by a military tribunal (a group of commanding officials)

Bombardment: To be shelled with bombs from a siege weapon (cannons).

Casualties: when a group of people die.

Travesty: Something that is either grotesque, absurd or both.

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Letter

Dear Major-General Andrew Jackson,

During the battle of New Orleans You showed you bravery because even though the odds were against you, you still stood your ground until the night over the bombardment stopped and you will definitely be remembered for it.

You stayed in that fort until the British came to land and tried to fight when you destroyed them with your artillery which also killed their general, General Edward Pakenham.

The trenches and other placement of your defense was brilliant, and even as the terrifying rockets and destructive cannonballs rained down from the heavens as you defended the fort of New Orleans.

This was the most famous battle of 1812 so much so that a man named Francis Scott Keys even wrote a Poem about it called the Battle of New Orleans but the name was changed to the star spangled banner.


(information courtesy of http://war1812.tripod.com/batorleans.html)
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Journal Entry

Today was not a great day for our regiment.
After our win at the battle of Lundy's Lane, we had those Yankees on the run we pushed them into Fort Erie when all hell broke loose. Our general, General Gordan Drummond set up siege lines and we began bombarding them for about a week because a week later we hit an American magazine chest and he was sure it was time to strike. Unfortunately the hit did not cause as many casualties as we might have thought and General Drummond estimated wrong about their size, they had three-thousand when we suspected that they had only fifteen hundred, also they knew we were coming. At Four O'clock (p.m) laid our attack but in the end every thing went wrong, there were suspected deserters in the other regiments, commander Hercules Scott died in his raid, another magazine chest exploded right under our feet many died from the fall others died from being impaled on their dead allies bayonets only a few survived. In the end we were all left in tears, I never want to see another travesty such as this.

Obituary

Name: Morgan Lewis
Date born: October-16-1754
Died: April-7-1844
location of death: New York City
Gender: male
Race: White
Relatives: Francis Lewis (father), Elizabeth Annelsley (mother), Gertrude Livingston (wife), Margaret Lewis (daughter)
Occupation: Politition, General
Party Affiliation: Democrat-Republican

General Morgan Lewis graduated from Prinston at the age of 29 years old studying in law. Soon after his graduation in 1774 he volunteered the United States army. By 1776 he ascended to the rank of major, he assisted General Hartio Gates. When he himself became a general he commanded the New York militia in the Battle of Stone Arabia. During 1812 President James Madison offered him the post of secretary of war which he declined in exchange for the rank of quartermaster General of the United States army. In 1813 he was promoted to Major-General. He served on the Niagara battle front, and captured fort George as well as command at Sackets Harbor. He died April 7, 1754 Leaving his Wife Gertrude and daughter Margaret.

(picture and info courtesy of http://www.nndb.com/people/973/000051820/)

Narrative poem

On July 25 A battle at the Niagra begins
the two generals Drummond and Scott
both fighting hard to win
each side readying their shot

outnumbered at first Scott called for reinforcements
Now their numbers were almost equal
every hour neither side had an improvement
at the end an American withdrawal and they loss of both sides almost equal.

This is the battle of Lundy's lane
by the great niagra falls
The Americans gave up the battle
The American general Winfield Scott found himself at a draw.

(picture courtesy of www.dmna.state.ny.us/.../gfx_pictures/lundy1.jpg)

Reflection:

This is my narrative poem on the battle of Lundy's lane in which the American and British troops had a stalemate so the Americans left and Britain took 876 British soldiers were killed wounded or captured, and 861 American soldiers were killed, wounded or captured.

Introduction

Welcome to the war of 1812 generals blog. I am going to be writing and researching about generals on both the British and American side. I will also write about the battles they were in. Hope you enjoy!