Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-11-15

DlOoO streaming uoWu oFer lne gray
coat. He approached it and extended
his hand. The figure vanished. He
knew that by the laws of second sight
it was the shadow of himself. He in
quired of the inhabitants of the village
what they called 1t. They answered.
"Carillon." He asked again whether
there was no other name. They an
swered, "Ticonderoga." On this he
made his will, and he conjured the
officers, if he fell, to search out his
body. On the morrow took place the
fatal conflict. They sought everywhere
and at length they found him wrapped
in his overcoat, the wound in front and
the blood streaming over the gray coat,
as he described the figure to his brother
officers. Campbell was mortally wound
ed. He sent for the General. These
were his last words: General, you
have deceived me; have seen him
again. This is Ticonderoga.'
The story was the more impressive
from the fact that Ticonderoga was a
name familiar to me from the monu-
ments in the south aisle of Westminster
abbey of two officers killed in that dis
astrous affair. One is to Lord Howe
erected by "the province of Massachu-
setts bay" The other is to Colonel
Townsend, with the fortress carved on
the monument and two red Indians un-
derneath it. When in 1870 l visited
America l was resolved, if possible, to
explore the place and discover any
traces of Campbell of Inverawe. 1t was
on delightful evening spent at Hart
ford, in Connecticut, with the flower of
the American Episcopate, Bishop Will
liams, who had made the lakes of those
regions his special study, that | repeat
ed the story of Campbell of Inverawe,
which he had never heard before. We
arranged for rendezvous on the spot at
later time of my journey. 1--WE shall
not meet again till we meet at Ticon-
deroga." 1t SO happened that unex-
pected engagements prevented the good
bishop from keeping his appointment,
and we were therefore compelled to visit
the spot without the benefit of his guild
! ance.
Ticonderoga is as complete ruin as
Conway or Kenilworth. 1t was in the
assault on the place in which Campbell
of Inverawe received his death wound.
Every officer of the forty-second was
either killed or wounded. [ valnly
sought for any indication of his sepul-
ture. A mass of grassy hillocks at the
foot of the hill alone marked the graves
of the British officers.
/ Any green eaIIn1 IlcOnQeroga,
! Keeps their glory fresh ever,
but neither in tradition nor inscription
was there anything to his memory. 1t
was wild and stormy evening in Oc-
tOber on which we explored the scene
The intelligent keeper of the village inn
gave me the point of rusty bayonet,
dug out from the hillside, which |
brought home and placed on the monu.
ment of Colonel Townsend, where il
may be seen in Westminster abbey
With these "reminiscences we left Ticon'
deroga and reached Saratoga at mid
night. Before retiring to rest | was
turning over the pages of Lossing'I
Revolutionary War;" when in the de
scription of Jane Macrea, at Fort Ed
ward, my eye fell on these words "Hel
grave is near an old brown stone OF
which are inscribed the words-.Her,
lyes the body of Duncan Campbell o
lnversaw (sac) esq, mayor of the High
land regiment, aged ffty-fve years, VIII,
died on the 18th of July, 1868, of tn
wounds he received in the attack of th
intrenchments of Ticonderoga or CARL
Ion, 0th July, l758.'" Here was tn
very grave We were in search of, re
cording the additional fact that he sur
vived his mortal wound for nine days
The first impulse was to return to th
spot. But we were already at Sarato
ga; Fort Edward was far in our real
and we were forced to abandon the &C
; tual visit; but that day wrote to Bis
hop Williams. stating that we had foun
the grave, and asking whether any pal
!, ticulars could be procured of the reaso
or manner of his burial. In few day
through him, | received the followin
reply from the Episcopalian clergyma
residing on the spot: Duncan CAM
= bell was buried in the old cemetery {
Fort Edward, to which Jane Macre
| body was removed from a churchyar
. down the river. Jane Macrea's remair
were again removed, this time to King
: bury, and finally to the modern Gem
t terry lying between Fort Edward al
: Sandy Hill. A few years ago fami
e of Gilchrists of this place, in removir
their dead from the old to the ne
}, graveyard, carried Duncan Campbell
/ remains with them, claiming him as
e relation. The claim can be traced NJ
e to tradition only that he was of the