Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-12-18
Magnitude of the War.

| ''N''f''~f 'hNll Nplll pdItu WIN some Ol
'ae bloody battles of the past, yet in mag
nllude ot preparation, the present civil
wal IN America has scarcely parallel in
history. Some of our engagements" and
Sklr nlshes' too, have not been so very
lnSIgnliicant, and when compared with
many conflicts in our own two wars with
England, Will take rank far above
theiu. The Albany Evening Journal has
made tie following interesting co,npila,
ton iromlhistory, citing few incidents
/ From the EMrOf 1872 to show what petty
affairs, ro-Atvely. were some OF the most
brilliant victories achieved by our arms -
lane. Intel.
The first battle" of any importance
was that Of Brownstown, near Detroit,
fought August 9th, 1872 Our force was
only 600, that of the British and Indians
combined, $50. Our loss was Is killed
md Gj Nounded that of the enemy lGD
Gen. lluIl's "army," which disgsace-
fully surrendered at Detroit six days a.er,
ony numbered 25OO men; while that OF
the enemy consisted OF only 100 English
and 600 Indians. No wonder Gen. Brock,
who commanded the latter, wrote to Sir
GeQrge Provost: "Whcn detail my good
fortune, your EXcelleucy will be surpris-
ed"
At the battle Of Queenstown, Two col.
| umns OF 300 men each, did abou. all the
hghtlng ON our side. Gen. Van Rensel-
iaer, IN ms report, says; "Dne-third part
OF the men IDLE might have saved all. 81
/ As 1t was, some looked on, wnIie "mauy
He'd INTO the wopd,, leaving their breth.
rem to the r. E,te.
AT the Siege OF Fort Erie, the English
threw 2OJJ red hpt shot wl,nout hurting
a maa. Oar loss wsa only / killed and /
wounded.
Brlsadter Gen. Sm.h abandoned hi.
! taTonte project OF invading Canada West,
because, although he had been preparing
the greater part Of summer, and had en-
ergeticalIy drummed up volunteers, he
haa succeeded in coll citing only 1909, and
he did not think the expedition would be
successful unless he hpd 1909 more.
AT the battle Of York our toroe was
100; that OF the enemy 700 English and
! 100 Indians. Oar loss was 3O6 in killed
and wounded that Of the enemy 100 kill.
eel, 300 wounded, POO prisoners. This was
one oi the most Brilliant Of our victories,
yet II is no' To- br compared with tina bat
tie OF Belmont Or thato. bll's Binf, eith-
cr as re5ud3 the nImn..r 4",r'goI %" Gao
iDs,cs sustained.
/ At the battle Of Slctc,th Hrb1r, tho
euemy's force was IuOO; ours, 500 His
loss IN killed ana wounded was $50; ours,
ljL Among the tropAie, taken 10y our
troops were the British Standard and mace.
ora tie snr k.n7 L hm,rs a'1'p,
+ Com. Pcrry's victory on Lake Erie was
esteemed big thing N its day;ye, hi'
whole fleet consisted Of Oulv > guns and
two swlyel, that of the enemy 63 guns
and swiyels. Oar loss in killed and
wounded va, l23 that or the enemy las
never beel definitely known.
At the battle Of Chippewa our loss was
32o; that Of the enemy jl4 Al the battle
Of Fort Erie our loss was 81; that Of the
enemy-jS2.
At the battle Of Baltimore the enemy S
forces numbered from 1000 to 5000; ours
was probably less than half :hat numLer.
Our loss was about l7O that OF the enemy
some 100 in killed. wounded aud missing.
Evnn the battle of New Orleans looks
insignificant TO eyes that have witnessed u
reconnaissance on the Po:omlc, 5000
strong, and a review of 5000 troops
The British force, including sGlors and
marines, was about lIO5O that of Gen.
Jackson, 5000 on the left bank Of the riN
er, aud about 500 distributed in positions
] hard 10y. Oar loss was seven killed six
wounded that Of the enemy 700 killed
and 400 wounded.
Iii, sale to say that notwithstanding
the torpor OF large share of oar army,
and the taunts that we have thus far been
playing at war; greater number OF
| lives have been lost within the last five
months than during the WAR of lSl2.'
BsgnThe TrtJ,ne says "A dispa ch
| from Washington intimates that the Rev.