| Summary of Contents: | This volume covers the period 23 Mar to 10 Oct 1814.
Major Events: 14 May US raid on Dover - village of Dover, Ryerse's Mill and Finch's Mill burnt; 3 Jul US (Brown) invades across Niagara River above and below Fort Erie - British surrender Fort Erie; 5 Jul Battle of Chippawa; 8 Jul British (Riall) retreat from Chippawa to Fort George; US (Brown) advance to Queenston with skirmishers out as far as McFarland's - Brown is waiting for the US fleet before investing Fort George; 19 Jul US (Stone) capture St Davids and burn the village - Stone is dismissed from the army by Brown for burning the village; 21 Jul US raid on Port Talbot; 22 Jul Brown retires to Chippawa; 25 Jul Battle of Lundy's Lane - US retires to Fort Erie with British following slowly; US reinforce Fort Erie extending works to Snake Hill - British (Drummond) begin siege batteries; 4 Aug British attack on Black Creek/Buffalo defeated at Conquichity(Conjocta) Creek; 5 Aug Gaines takes command of US troops at Fort Erie; 13 Aug British Navy (Dobbs) cut out 2 of 3 US schooners anchoring the US lines at Snake hill - 3rd schooner goes to Erie; 15 Aug British assault on Fort Erie fails; skirmishing continues as British advance siege lines closer to Fort Erie; 10 Sep Brown resumes command at Fort Erie; 17 Sep US sortie from Fort Erie to capture British siege guns is repulsed.
Local Events: British reconnaissance down Ridge Road to Haun's and then down the lake shore to determine extent of US positions; British Navy (Dobbs) bring boats from Chippawa to Miller's Creek and then down creek until it became unnavigable - then they carry the boats down Ridge Road to bay under Point Abino prior to cutting out US schooners off Snake Hill.
People
British: Battersby; Buck; Caldwell; Conran; De Watteville; Deane; Dickson; Drummond, G; Drummond, W; Elliott; Evans; Hamilton; Harvey; Kempt; Lisle; McDouall; Mackonochie; Marquis of Tweeddale; Nichol; Norton; Ogilvie; Parry; Pearson; Prevost; Riall; Scott; Secord, D; Stewart; Talbot; Tucker; Yeo.
US: Biddle; Brown; Campbell; Chauncey Gaines; Harrison; Hindman; Izard; Jessup; Leavenworth; MacFarland; Mallory; Morgan; Porter, P; Ripley; Ritchie; Scott; Tompkins; Towson; Westbrook; Willcocks; Wood.
Places
British: Ancaster; Buroington; Chippawa; Dover; Finch's Mill; Fort Erie; Fort George; Fort Niagara; Frenchman's Creek; Grand River; Kingston; Long Point; Palmer's; Point Abino; Port Talbot; Queenston; Ryerse's Mill; Street's Creek; York.
US: Black Rock; Buffalo; Conjocta Creek; Eleven Mile Creek; Erie; Fort Erie; Genesee; Queenston; Sackett's Harbor; Snake Hill; Sodus; Youngstown.
Units
British: Royal Artillery; 1st, 6th, 8th, 16th, 37th, 41st, 82nd, 89th, 90th, 97th, 100th, 103rd, 104th Foot; De Watteville; Royal Marines; Royal Marine Artillery; 19th Dragoons; Glengarry Light Infantry; Incoporated Militia of Upper Canada; Colored Corps; Provincial Dragoons; 2nd Lincoln militia.
US: 3rd Artillery; 1st, 9thy, 11th, 21st, 22nd, 25th Infantry; Porter's volunteers.
Naval
British: Charwell; Montreal; Netley; Niagara; Princess Charlotte; Prince Regent; Star.
US: Diligence; Madison; Mohawk; Pike; Superior. |