The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-06-16
A Revolutionary Sketch.
TRUE FEMALEuEROISM.

annals which he describes. The noble he
roISin and virtue so well drawn in the fol-
lowing, cannot fail Of enliStng the interest
ana touching the heart ofthe reader
ne anecdotes Of this battle BemiS
iieiShtSI are iu.l OF interest, and some of
them worthy of perpetual membrance.-
Soon alter the decisive turn Of the action.
WILKINSON, the American officer, whom |
have already quoted, was galloping over
The held to execute some order, when he
heard wounded man cry,out-S'P Protect me
S'f, against that bOy.' He turned and beheld
British soldier wounded in both legs, who
had been carried to a remote part of the
field, and left in the angle Of fence, and
at whom lad Of about fourteen was aim
ing musket. Wilkinson was 50 forum
ate as to arrest the atrocious purpose Of the
youngSter and inquiring the officers rank,
was answered. had the honor of com
mandlng the grenadicrs.' He of course
knew 1t to be Colonel Ackland, ana hu-
namely dlSmounted, and helped him to a
morse, aud with servant 10 take care of
nun, sent him to the American camp.
In ms own narrative Burgyone did am
PIE justice TO the story: but it will bear to
De told again to another generation. The La.
dy Harriet Ackland, as have already said.
was in the British camp. She had accom-.
panied her husband to Quebec, and in the
campaign of l176 had followed him to a
poor hut at Chambly, where he had fallen
SICK, and there, exposing herself TO every
fatigue and danger, had assdiouslv admin
lStered to his comfort. She was left at ii.
cohderoga, under positive injunctionS to re.
mann there, but her husband relieving n
wound IN the affair at Casllcton, while pur-
SUNG 1t. Clair, she again followed him
ana became his nurse. After this refusing
TO return, she was transported in such
cart as could be constructed in the camp. to
the different hating places of the army, al
ways accompanying the crenadiers, and
sharing the peculiar exposures Of the van
guard. At Saltwater she occupied a tent.
adjoining the house in which Frazer ex-
pred, and which was the lodge of the Bar
oreSS Reidcscl, who with similar fidelity
had followed the fortunes of her husband.
accompanied by three Of her little children.
Lady Ackand is described by Burgoyne as
one OF the most delicate Of her sex. She
was bred TO all the luxures and refine.
ments incident to birth and fortune. and
while thus enduring the fa,igues Of military
HE, was far advanced in the state in which
the hardest ma,ron requires the tendercst
and most particular Difference.
II, notwithstanding the Inconvenience
OF such presence. the residence of these
ladies in the British camp had thrown addi-
tonal radlenCe on the SunnicSt DAYS Of hope
and success, il NAV well be imagined that
they seemed as angels in the eyes of woun.
ded and dying men, to whom they mnir.
tered like sisters or mothers. The
baroness herself has left touching account
OF the scenes through which she passed, in
that rude she'd Oh the Hudson. 'On the eth
oil October,' she says. sour misiurtunes be.
gan She had invited Burgoyne, with Gen.
PhllIlps and Gen. Frazer, TO dine with her
husband, but as the hour arrived. she obser-
we'd movement among the troops, and
some Indians in their war fuery, pasSinr
the honSe. gave her notice ofthe approach
lug battle by their yellS ofexhultatiun. I'm
mediately after, she heard the report of ar
tillery, which grew louder and louder. lin
the skies seemed coming down. At 3 o..
clock her little table standing ready, in.
stead oi the cheerful guests for whom she
had prepared, General Frazer was brought
in helpless and FAINT with his wound. A.
way went the uutaSted banbuef, aud bed
was SET III its place, on which the pale suf.
ierer was laid. A surgeon examined the
wound and pronounced il mortal. The ball
mad passed through the stomach, which was
unfortunately diStondcd by a boun,ilul
breakfast. The General desired to know
the worst, and on learning his extremity
simply requested that he might be buried on
a hill beside the house where a redoubt had
been erected, at the hour of six in the eve
ming; but the baroness heard him sigh fire.
quently-Oh, fatal ambition,-poor Gcner-
al Bnrgoyne-oh, my poor wife = the woun.
ded officers were continually brought in,
till the little hut became a hospital
General RcideSel came to the house for n
retreat. His detected countenance told the
rest. Soon after, Lady Ackland was in.
formed OF the misfortune, and that he was a
prisoner in the American camp.
ConsolinG her distressed companion and
mnistering to the wounded officers hush
ing her little ones lest they should disturb
General Frazer, and collecting her camp
furniture for the anticipated remove-thus
did the fair Reidesel spend the long. dark
night that followed. Towards three in the
morning, they told her that the General
shewod signs OF Of speedy DISSOLUTION: and.
lest they should interfere with the compo-
sure sure OIL the dying man, she wrapped up her
niue ones aud carried them into the cellar.
lie fingered until 8 o'clock, frequently apol.
ogizinS TO the lady for the trouble he caus-
ed her. All day long, the body in its wind
ing sheet lay in little room among the sufI.
ererS, the ladies moving about in their char.
itaoie MINISTRIES with these lamcntable