The daily union., 1852-10-06
QuARTERaAsTgR GENERALS OFFICE,
Washington City, January 1910

sR have received your note requesting information
the subject OF General McNes services IN the gn
on the Niagara in ls4 IL affords sincere pleasure to
bear testimony to the merorons and gallant conduct of
that Officer.
At battle of Chippewa, the lst brigade, CON 20 ed Of
the 9Th lIh, and 25ih regiments and small detachment
OF The 22i had 70 pass the bridge over Sueets Geek
major, second ofiser OF the lth but before It had
akon s place IN the ne he succeeded to the command o.
il by the fall OF Colonel Campbel followed The lIth
with my command across the bridge and being ordered
to the lett was obliged TO pass 10 rear OF II TO attain my
the conducl q Gen. McNsill from The tine we matched
from our camp unul passed the lsit Of his Inc, then
the fire OF the enemy with the accuracy OF parade, end
such was his perfect self possession that every word Of
mand I've could be distinctly heard far beyond his
line lie promptly aSai'ed himself Of every advantage
presented ~ h- ground and the errors Of the enemy, and
~ accomnlsned ehess player d,sblay' - lhe movement
ot his pieces on the chess board The enemy was beaten
and he certainly contributed much the victory any
other the field.
At the battle Of Brdgewaer, General MoSell led his
gmrp the held with his accustomed gailantry and
ormed the ground assigned 70 hin. und.r the re Of
Bdlsh battery oi nine ptvaes at auey There hls regi.
nenl, well the brigade al which It formed part was
literally cut TO peoss-gape and canister were poured
upon them like haj and though they placed too far
oln he enemy with decisive effect, and were OPP
posed with superior numbers the conflict maintained
than hour uut General Brown arrived the d
with Rpleys and Pottets brgades. General MoNeil
severely wounded was on another pau OF the held but
was informed at the lime that hs horse had been killed
under u' ana 3 ma 9an,set sha, naa al passed ,h9esh
secosd brigade have received the highest nonors Of tho
nation, their safes, while those who
comm anded the regiments Of the first brigade have, with
single ption, General Badyl remained unnotced
This perhaps TO be assrtbed TO the fact that the
mander Of the brigade who his whole repula.
on has not 70 'his day reported It's operations at Bridge
water.
l have the honor to be, sir, your obedien, .ctyant
The Hon. s PuKrrs, Senate United States.
There is one point made in SCOTS autobiography
which charactetzes The man more than any other in the
whole book. He what he ought 10 have seen,
but did no, see At the very threshold of the battle Of
Lundy's Lane. The british battery OF cannon, placed
with great skill on the crest OF hull, handed the
whole slope by which army 10 approach it, and
Towson's battery could not countersc II from its posi-
ton under The hill. Ieavenwoh in his testimony in
Ripley's case, says; Colonel Towson, finding from
the elevated situation of the enemy's artillery that he
could not bring his artillery 10 bear upon them, bad
nearly quite ceased firing" AT the beginning OF the
battle all he could do with his battery TO animate
our troops 10 stand by the thunder of his guns Leav
eawofth says The company OF artillery under the
command OF Colonel (hen Capain) Towson, officer
above any encomum, was moved up and formed on The
right ol the 9th regiment and by lis frequent and nces
SAINT discharges hlEhy animated the spt OF our troops
And this was all he could do 10 the position in which he
wa, placed They stood and were shot down, and fred
10 animate the infantry 10 stand and be shot down. And
this continued 10 be the case until General Brown came
and that the battery must be taken the whole
army sacrificed Scot that now, although he did
not see when he might have preserved his gallant
brigade By rushing The battery with the bayonei, in
the beginning, instead OF standing two or three hundred
yards OIL, plying Il Intellectually with musketry and
equally Intellectually with artillery. He il now,
when the author aud executor of this decisive
charge are IN their graves, and he endeavors 10
strip them both Of the merit OF the achievement. lie
says The regiment o the heroic Miller des pleh.
ed the petlous service OF sencing the Brush ba tey
on the heights. General Scott volunteered TO lead the
way, and did 80 through the darkness up The poin Of
attack" This is out and out shameful faIsebcod We
| have IN the auiobog Apply a wood-eut with Scott on
horseback leading Mlller's regiment TO The attack Now
Of the survivors of that battle two are in Washington