The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-10-28

famous. There, on the eve OF on engage.
ment, the General came 10 the officers and
said: "we had better not tell Campbell
the name OF the fortress which we are TO
attack tomorrow. II Is Ticonderoga. Let
us call It Fort George" :.
On the night before the battle Campbell
went out 10 explore the village and ira
yersed the bridge, or one OF the bridges,
that spans the rapids OF the descending
river. II was storm, and he wore In con-
sequence a gray oyercoat. On the bridge
he saw figure approaching him, also in a
gray surtouf. The face was hidden or ini-
perfectly seen, but on the breast he saw
wound, with blood streaming down over
the gray coat. He approached 1t and ex-
tended bis hand. The figure vanished
away. He knew that by the laws
OF second sight II was the shadow
Of himself. He inquired OF the In
habitants OF the village what they
called It. They answered, Carlton" lie
asked again whether there was no other
name. They answered, "Ticonderoga."'
On this he made his will, and he coDiured
the officers, II he fell, to search out his
body. On the morrow took place the fatal
conflict. They sought everywhere. aud at
length they found him wrapped in his over
coat, the wound in trout, and the blood
streaming over the gray coat. as he de-
scribed the figure to his brother.ofcers.
Campbell was MORALLY wounded. He sent
for the General. These were his last words :
General, you have deceived me; l have
seen him again. This is Ticonderoga.'
The story was the more impressive from
the fact that Ticonderoga was name Ia
I.n nnfc N
south aisle OF Westminster Abbey to two
officers killed In that disastrous affair. one
il to Lord Howe, erected by "tbe province
OF Massachusetts, Bay" The other IS TO
Colonel Townsend, With the fortress carved
on the monument and two red Indians I'M
derneath it. When in 1873 / visited
America I was resolved il possible, to ex-
plore the place and discover any traces
of Campbell OF Inverawe. IL was on a
delightful evening spent at Hartford, in
Connecticut, with the flower OF the Ameri.
can Bpscopate, Bishop Williams, who had
made the lakes OF those regions his especial
study, that ! repeated the story OF Camp
bell OF IHvcrawe, which he had never
heard before. We arranged for rem
devious on the spot at later time OF any
Journey. owe shall not meet again till we
meet at Ticonderoga." II so happened
that unexpected engagements prevented
the good Bishop from keeping his appoint
mcnt, and we were therefore compelled TO
visit the spot without the benefit OF his
guidance.
Ticonderoga is as complete ruin as Con-
way or Kenilworth. 1t was in the assault
on this place that the great rout took place
in which Campbell Of InveTawe received his
Every officer Of the Forty
second was either killed or wounded.
vainIy sought for any indication OF his Sc
pulture. A mass OF grassy hillocks at the
foot OF the bill alone marked the graves OF
the British officers.
Thy green earth, Ticonderoga,
Keeps their glory fresh as over,
but neither in tradition nor inscription was
there anything 10 his memory. 1t was a
wild and stormy evening in October on
which we explored the scene. The inteli-
gent keeper OF the village inn gave me the
point Of rusty bayonet, dug out from the
hillside, which brought home and placed
On the monument OF Colonel Townsend,
here it may still be seen in Westminster
Abbey. With these "reminiscences, we left
and reached Saratoga at mid
night. Before retiring to rest / was turn
ing over the pages OF LOsslng's "RevOlu-
ionary War;" when, in the description OF
he burial OF Jane Macrea, at Fort Ed
ward, my eye fell on these words: " Her
crave Is near an old brown head
stone on which are inscribed the words,
8 Here lyes the body of Duncan Campbell,
II Inversaw, (Sic,) Esq, Major to the old
Highland regiment, aged ntty.fve years,
who died the 1zth July, 1903, OF the
wounds he received in the attack OF The
OF Ticonderoga, or Carlton.
9Th July, 1z5S." Here was the very grave
We were I'm search OF, recording the addi-
onal fact that he survived hIs mortal
wound for nine DAYS. The first impulse
Vas TO return to the spot. But we were
Ilready at Saratoga; Fort Edward was fac
II our rear, and We were due at Concord
I've following night. We were forced 10
bandon the actual visit; but that day
wrote TO Bishop Williams, stating that
We had found the grave. and asking
whether ANY particulars could be procured
" the reason or manner OF bis burial. In
few days, through him, / received the fol-
owing reply from the Episcopalian clergy
naD residing on the spot "Duncan Camp
,elI was buried in The old cemetery al Fort
Edward. to wlich Jane Macrea's body was
emoyed from graveyard down the river.
lane Macrea's remains were again removed,
bis time to Kingsbury, and finally to the
modern cemetery lying between Fort Ed
ward and Sandy Hill. A few years ago a
amiIy Of Gilcbrists, OF this place, in re-
moving their dead from the old 10 The new
carried Duncan CampbeIPs re-
mains with them, claiming him as a
Il. Uhn ninif1 ha fraaaI
low to tradition only that he was
ne of their family. and to the fact tuat
heir ancestor, Alexander Gilchrist. one OF
he original Scotch settlers in this vicinity,
sked, when dying, to he laid 'by The side
4 Duncan Campbell. NY nearest relative in
Imerica,' he said. The old brown head
tone, in a good state OF preservation, is
ow in the enclosure Of the GilchriSts at
he new cemetery. Alexander Gilcbrist
atty attended Major Campbell at Fort Ed
yard during the weeks he fingered there
eiore his death. and it seems strange that |
lore is not known among the GilcbrlstS to-
ay Of him who was so prominent IN the |
md and so nearly associated with their an
estOrs."
This singuiar Highland story needs |
Valter scott to adjust the proportions OF |
he natural and preternaural which have |
, ineXtricably blended together. The only |
tie that possess for the repetition OF the |
addition is that am probably the only per- |
IN now living who has seen the Murder |
ord at Barcadiae in all lis beauty, The |
auDted castle Of Inycrawe, the ruined |
,rtress OF Ticonderoga, and (almost) the
Id brown headsto0e which marks the grave |
Duncan Campbell.
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