The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1849-02-06
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day Jan. 6Iil Col. CToghan was. Al n 2 -.
time Of his dcaih about 81 years Of age,.
being born in Louisville, Kentucky, in ths
year l7G2. Ills fist destination was tho
law. but il evidently was moi, profession
suited to his stes and WIS abandoned 'ins
.lsli, when. becoming acquainted during
short scjoufn AZ Richmond, Va, with
many officersof The Amy then busy 10 the
equipment Of troops fof the frontier, he lefi
for ihe West, and on the 18th of. March,
1912, when only 10 years of age was ap- 4
pointed captain Of The 17ih infantry, and ass
less than two months was on duiyss Az II
Fort Melgs on the 5,h Of May, 1917, in . &,
skirmisli with the Indians, under Col AIillef,sss
Cnp. Croghan led his company, and was. 4
mentioned BY Gen. Harrison, with y shfsr !. !,
vor for his gallantrY. tos ,.-...... IT,. :. G I.
"a cessalons Of hostiliics ensued,u (ssys' i
his biogrspher. Mr.. Robinson, from wh,ssy =
'sBook Of the Army" we make The following
extracl:) sand on the 9th, tho .eneIny weTs
joined by some vessels, for the purpose Of itl
ombarking their artillery. These having $
been driven away, ai sten e'clock they !,
marched off,. On the occasion Of the rortig !,
Of Miller, and also on aprior one command 4
ed by himself in persoIlRi, was Croghan's
good fortune TO be opposa| % lbe1Bridsb =
regulars--aniagosis, nloro }or,hy Of 4 s}l9.
dier ihnn Indian savagcs, eve |opgh led|u
Tecumseh. Between lhe fetlcaI %, Pr0s- :
- ..J ,Lo r,oo,h &c Anon </<,,SS "a rrsc,
year, Croghan became majot 10 |.e ARM
when but twenty y-one yenrs e aRc S T.
After the retreat of ProcIsl I901 Eaf|
Megs, the British gencrslI|ad |eil <0||||| 4
sch a, The head Of large body Q| |1|e||<| f
TO keep up the appearance 81 lcge. a||||
the head of his regulars, which bud be- ,
greatly reinforced, proceededte Sandusky: y:
Ills force was five hundred regulars and Sex
+ en- hundred Indians. This expedition wac
part of largo scheme which contemplated
The reduction Of the defences Of all the
streams which fall into Lake Erie, before the,
arrival Of the reinfmcements expected from
; Kentucky and Ohio There were sss ioris,
called Upper and Lower Sandosky, the fMa
a.er Of which was commanded BY Majot
. Croahan. Having beard that The BRUSH
welc about 10 attack ,ho latter, he prccced-
j I'd ll.ilher with as much OF his garrison. 40
8 could be spar, d, the l0wer fort being eobyiI
: ously ,he most important Of The Two. inas-
e much az, if the enemy capluled il, the FIRST
/, would le useless lie Immediately, ssei
+, about placing i, in better condition. lie
y could, however, do nothing more than dig
4 ditch SIX feet deep and nine Eet wide,
/ ontside Of The sioekadc work which, sur
!. rounded il. His garrison consisted of one
) hundred and sky men. sewSis whom
we're regulars, and the rest members Of the
two famous volunteer cotps from Pisisbnrg
i Pa, aud Petersburg, va..which wefe so dis
i linsuished throughout the war; lie had ai.
!. so but one gun, SIX pounder. General
!, Harrison. mol thinking ii possible that the
! wo,k could be defended, ordered Croghun
20 to evacuats il. He Immediately wrote 10
The general that he was sais6ed' that 'ahs
could defendit successfully. and declined
20 obeying. Il has been sai:' that Croghan
wrote this despatch with the intention Of
'c suffering Il to be saken by the enemy u
n. however reached General Harrison's hands.
~ On the Is, Of August, General Proctor
he appeared before S-ninsky, or For Stephen.
!, son, with the force already mentioned, nnd
:" several gun-boa,s. Aiisr1 having disPosed
&c of his force so as TO render feireat Impose :.
.,,J Jple, he sent two officers with sAag 10 sum.
ds mon The fort, and to make the usual threat
Of massacre. With his characteristic cool
: ness, Croghan replied that he. intended to
"a. defend the fort; and, when il was tskes,
there would be none left 10 massacre."
" 4 The British boats mmc diatcly opened
IN with all their guns and howlIzefs.. When day
Y broke, ii was discovered that a battery ol
three six FOUNDERS had been placed withis
nv, Two hundred or three hundred yards.o Of the
lad picke,s, and which Immediately oponed--
- About four o'clock, r, Nj, the whole fire oi
I'M. The British. was concentrated on one angle
the ior, the purpose Of affecting abreacs, which
viii would enable them TO carry II by Storm
To s,rengihen this, bags Of sand and fou'
we're Immediately prepared; the only gun,
nl- six pounder, was masked in the bastioF
ub- which covered the point BY which its~as sv.
Os,, iessa ihe enemy intended 70 enter, " posi-
Of Bile. This gun was filled almost 70 th'
nal tompion, with grape and missiles Of ever!
ary description. A3si's-6s .hsstk
nts, Soon ailer, acolumn OF hye huaofoo men
east commanded by Colonel Short, advanced +
rice what they fancied tho weak point, whilc scv
eral feinis we're made on other paris of th
s4 work. IA number of vollcys were then hrs
hy the enemy, With no other effect Than :
pre- envelope this column in smoke, under cove
nam of which 4 adyanced within twenty mace
ying ,.r Xxx h.s,;on II sn,e of n heavy fra =
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