Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-07-15

Scott captured number OF prisoners. True
10 his pledge given a, Quebec. he immedi-
a,ely selected twen,y-,hree oftheir number
TO be confined in the interior Of the country
there to abide the fate of the twenty. y.lhree
lrishman taken at Queenstown and sent to
England for trial.
The resul. OF this firm resolution on the
part OF Scott, and OF the Legislation conse-
quent upon his efforts, was not only 10 save
the twenty. y.,hree Irish prisoners, bui 10 COM
pei England throughout the remainder Of
ihe war, TO respec. the rights of our natural
lied citizens, by virtually abandoning her
claim TO perpetual allegiance.
Just after The close Of the war as Gen.
Scott was walking along one ofthe wharves
Of New York. he was hailed by his old Irish
friends for whom he had interfered at Que.
bee. They had just been released from the
English prsons-and Eow rushed 10 embrace
him as ,heir deliyerer.
At the capture Of Fort George, on the
9Th Of May, 1873, Scott led the advanced
guard. He landed on the Canada shore at
Lake Ontario, formed his command on the
beach, and scaled the banks behind which
the Bri,irh forces we're drswn up, fifteen
hundl ed strong. The action was short and
desperate, but ended in the total roul Of the
enemy. Scott was the frs, man to enter
,he fort, and hauled down the British flag
with his own hands.
On the 10Th and ll,h oil November, els,
Scott defeated the enemy in Two actions,
one q, Fort Matilda, the other a. Hoophole
Creek.
On the 9th Of March, 1914, when only
'venty-seren years Of age, Scott was promo.
ted TO the rank Of Brigadier General.
i A few days after this promotion, General
Brown, then chief in command on The Nj
agara frontier, left Scott a. Buffalo. 10 in
s,rucs and drill The army, which was then
concentrating at that point. Scott had entire
charge Of the camp Of instruction for aboui
three months. The results of the discipline
andspirit which his teachings here infused
into the Northern amy, were soon to be
T developed on the fields Of Chippewa and
Lundy's Lane.
The battle Of Chippewa was fought on the
9th Of July, 1918. Scott, with 1900 Amer.
leans, met on an open plain and routed with
the bayonet 2l00 Of the veteran troops ol
England-lhe very flower Of the army
! As The TWO armies approached 10 close quar-.
ters, Scott called aloud 10 McNeil's battal.
ion-''the enemy say we are good al long
. shot, bu, canno, stand the cold ironl cal
I upon The Eleventh Instantly to give the liz
. to that slander! Charge ~ They did
charge. Before Gen. Brown could come uE
with the rear division oil the American army
scou had already won the day, and was ir
hot pursuit. Of the flying enemy. The Brit
/ ish had been beaten with their own boaste(
weapon-thn bsyonet. The valor and skill
4, Of ,he Boy General Of twenty. .eigh, had van
r qnished all the boas,ed powers Of her worlt
/, renowned veterans.
d Gen. Brown in his official report Of ,hi
/, battle says: "Brigadier General Scott is en-
!. titled 10 the highest praise our country cal
q bestow. His brigade covered itself will
= glory"
+ The battle of Lundy's Lane Tor Niagar
as il is frequently called) was fought on tn
= 26lh of July, 1914. just three weeks afie
ID that Of Chippewa. The battle commence
n abou, forty minutes before sunset and con
g ,inued until midnight. Here, again, Sco
was The master spirit Of the fight. Amer
h, can valor again ,rumphed over the vetera
ID regiments OF Britain. Scott had two horse
le killed under him, was wounded in The sid,
at but still Tough, on until the close Of the ba
c. lie, when he was proslraled by wound i
d, The shoulder. This was the hardest fougt
10 battle of The war, Our limited space wi
ID not allow more extended notice Of its de
Of lails, and, indeed, it would be superAuous
is recapiIulale the events of that glorious day
II. familiar as they are TO every America
or school boy. Where 81 many have ga.here
le impershable laurels, it was truly prou
honor for the youthful Scott TO be hailed
ie universal consent, "the hero Of Lundy
Of Lane"
in For his gallantry in these actions. SEQ
le was soon after promoted to The rank of Mait
i. General. On November Sd, 1914, Congrei
passed resolution awarding gold med
n, 10 Major General Scou Sin testimony OF II
p. high sense entertained by Congress Of h
in distinguished services in the successive col
p. ,acls Of Chippewa and Niagara. and Of h
n, uniform gallantry and good conduct in su
be laining The high reputation Of the arms Of Il
IN United States. ...
be Soon slier the treaty Of peace, Preside
Oh Madist rendered TO General Scott plat
Is, in his CaOnet-,hat of The Secretary
ad War. This complimentary Office was d
he clined from motives highly creditable
he Gen. Scott.
ed Being sliIl feeble from his wounds,
rs, soon after wen, 10 Europe for the resIora,ic
be- Of his health and Tor professional improv
ID ment He was also entrusted by tho Go
Ily ernmenl with important diplomatic fun
he lions. He executed his instructions in
III satisfactory manner tina, Presiden, Mac
MS. son caused 10 be written TO him, by Il
De. Secretary Of Stale, special letter Of thank
Id. In 1889, Scot, was ordered 10 take cor
10 mand in The Black Hawk war. He sail
al. from Buffalo for Chicago, with nearly o
nat thousand troops, in four steamboats,.
'ge On the Bib of July. while on the voyae
al the cholera broke out among The troops wi
an fearful violence. On The boat in viii
re. General Scott sailed with Two hundred a
ow twenty troops, there occurred in six do
In one hundred and thirty cases ofcholera a
vas ify-one deaths. After General Scott h