The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-18

place his regiment across tho uncovered asnk OF what
remained Of Rails line and BY an obique nrs ON both
ITS mont and rear was soon enabled to put enothor
portion of II to flight 1t ct the moment Of this
occurrence that the commanding general arrived To
hei0 bringing with him Of speedy support
from the second brigadea circumstance not now
unnscome, but Of greatly diminished interest TO the
gallant men OF tho first inasmuch flank move
ment-then making (by the eleventh) under the direc
ton OF Major McNel combined with Scott's pressure
IN Ion-w1 suthcient to terminate the battle ana
compel the enemy to withdraw behind his entrench-
ments. 5..
Ingersol in his history of the war, gives the fol-
lowing account Of the decisive crisis in this BATTLE
which Jesup turned to victory
The enemy-consideraby outnumbering- outfsnked
Scotts line and might have turned it, Of those
greater safety and assurance by the approach of
danger Major Jesup at the head of the twenty fifth
falling fast the extreme left, where he conended with
the British righordered his firing to be suspended and
a 70 na .ns IN sGs sesea q
compelling their ad~ersares to reIire from log fence
behind which they stood But driven back by Jesups
gallant charge exposed to flank well to front fire.
Major Mcneil on the right. Major Leavenworth parallel
to the enemys attack meanwhile poured in their rapid
and destructive fire, Mcneil judciously occupied Oh
ique position, and delivered his well aimed shots with
fatal Effect and though Captain Towson's own gun
thrown out Of action he with unabated at
the other pieces Captain Harris Of the Dragons (Which
corps was not made Off volunteered TO out Of
his place, and had his horse shot under him. Major
Wood of the Engineers, also served volunteer Col
Campbell the only officer disabled was wounded as he led
the llth regiment into action Whilo it raging
the that the second would its
which in killed and wounded had lost fourth its
numbers yet unshrnkingy continued the action alone
Here although Scotts brigade alone assisted by por-
ters volunteers fought the battle yet Brown made all
The arrangements that preceded it. General Jesas; las
quoted by lDgerso says, that General Brown ordered
General Porter to place himself bet ween the ad
vance and his main body To facilitate this object,
advance picaets were oriered to provoke fire from the
cnemys pckets and then to fall back to log cabins
IN front Of Streets ouse to induce them to follow and
draw possible, their light troops to follow in that drec
commenced.
more than three and half hours when the enemy's
light troops observed to be retiring and rom csud
dust rising in the road leading to Chityewa
bridge evident Rial In motion with his princ
pal force, and that he had attempted with hi, light
troops similar upon to that which Gen Brown
bad attempted upon him. At the time the firing had be-
come 30 heavy so Jesup ordered the 18th TO DO ready
to move Al moments notice, and mounting his horse
ne crossed the creek and joined General Brown Wien
the movement Of Rail was perceived he returned imme
diatey to h place and found the regiment forming under
by order Of General Scott for exercise (up to this
time Scott had not been in batte few moments after
the otder was given by GeAera Brown TO march and meet
the enemy
Here we SEQ Brown executing in person all the
maneuyres that brought the British general out of
his entrenched camp-ordering the battle-hasten-
ing on renforcements, and before they could get up
hipgiDg himself into the battle where raging, to
courage the troops to maintain it. Yet Scott, his
second in commsnd, would, in his biography, lead
to the belief that there was no such man rs Brown,
the general chief, at Chippewa and he equally
iorgets Porter, Campbell, Leavenworth, McNeill,
Harrison, Towson, Wood-all the gallant chiefs I'm
der him, who fought the battle, and be only men
tons Jesups name to make the impression that he
ordered his decisive charge with the bayonet-a
charge which Jesup made on his own responsibility,
without an order from Scott, and without his
knowledge, until its success had made it apparent.
The next step in the biography, is Lundy's Lane,
and as it is the great battle which is relied ON by
Scott and his friends to close their Presidential
paign with victory, not word of their narrative
should pass without due consideration
Finding himself the biography says thus surprised
into battle against such enormous odds he might well
have determined to retire and await the arrival of rein
orcements under Gen Brown before going into action
But with undaunted purpose he resolved to stand his
ground. He however Immediately dispatched aid to
GeneI Brown requesting him to hasten to his assistance
1t six o'clock in the afternoon. The quick eye
Of Scott discovering the opportunity, he immsdiatelyo
dered General Jesup's battalion to turn the enemy's
flank. Under Of about two hundred yards of un
der growth which concealed the operation Jesup
pshcd his object in brilliant msnner and not only cut
of the left wing OF the enemy but triumphanty broke
through their ranks and returned into nc bearing of
Major General Rail and some other British officers pr-
soners The enemy. outaauaiDg troops the right
made powerful attempt, backed by muri.Ious dis
charges Ct and favored by superior numbers
turn position General Scott percelvDg the tempt
and intent upon foliDg threatening movement, DIES
patched McNeill's battalion to repulse the enemy
great vehemence followed The assailants recoied and
punished with dreadful severity Meantime the
main battle OF the two centres had joined and fought
with great fcrceness The American line sustained with
unfhaken valor the whole weight of the enemys superior
numbers nov precipitated upon them with fiery i'm
petuosity. Our gallant band, though suffering pro
digiousy, displayed uncomfortable resolution The
mandDg presence and heroic example Of their intrepid
commander who regardless OF all peril with unwearied
veor foremost in every post Of danger them
to unparalleled efforts The battaons of Scott, this
occasion before he succored by General Brown were
dreadfully cut up Night on and beneath the I'm.
certain Light of the moon wsdipg deep through the
Scott had had two horses killed under him. and been
wounded in the side by bullet But in subdued
he rushed into the contest on foot and continued 10 the
end in the thickest Of the fight.
The British infantry continued to pour their deadly
fire upon weakened ranks, and their artillery
neigbboripg height which commanded the whole
field Of battle at every discharge Numbered death
upon our DEVOTED columns S At length It nine o'clock
on the part Of General Scott, General Brown ar
rived upon the ground with his Inducements The
enemy, which. with vastly superior numbers, had
barely witlstood the determined bravery of General
scots little army, and only maintained itself in the
tire under the guns Of the artillery, obliged
yield The egimen of the heroic Miller was deputed to
the perlou service OF encing the British battery the
heights General Scott volunteered to lead the way and
did So through the darkness up to the point of attack
lie thon returned to favor Mlers and made
another onset upon the British line in which his battalion
ate hand to hand encounters Miller successful and
the batteries were silenoed
Under the renewed furious charge OF troops the
envy were now forced to retire and abandon the field
the Americans In Of the last OF these charges just
at the close OF the action amid terrible fighting Scott
severely wounded and had to be borne from the
Geld. This engagement incontestably established the
bravery Of our troops and the reputation Of General
Scott as an officer
In this picture, Scott is made not merely the
principal figure, but the only important parsonage
on the scene. Brown, the commander-in-chef, |
whose camp not three miles from the field. and |
who mounted and rode to it as soon as the firing was
heard, met the express sent by Scott to him for aid
-yho brought mp the'second brigade and interposed
it between Scott and the British line, throwing
Scott in the the reserve-who the insur-
mountabe obstacle to successin the enemys battery
which had not been attacked by Scott, and should
have been-who ordered it to be storrned-took it,
and reformed the whole line OF battle in front
of alb md
finally drove him from the field, after Scott had
again entered with his reserve, and had been de-
fested in his charge-ths bold active skilful chief
who as in every part Of the battle, and although
shot through the thigh and in the side, left it
until it won, is, in Ssotts sketch, nowhere to
be found. But the Secretary Of War, Armstrong,
however favorable to Scott, shows from the repor5
of all the officers engaged. how the victory was