Identifier: revolutionaryser00camp (find matches)
Title: Revolutionary services and civil life of General William Hull;
Year: 1848 (1840s)
Authors: Campbell, Maria, 1788-1845 Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888
Subjects: Hull, William, 1753-1825 United States -- History War of 1812 Detroit (Mich.) -- History Surrender to the British, 1812
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton & Co. Philadelphia, G.S. Appleton
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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and savages. With this force he took thefield, having with him ten pieces of artillery, consist-ing of twelve-pounders, six-pounders, and howitzers.He formed on the right of his encampment, and wasassisted in command by Generals Frazer, Reidesel,and Philips. His object was, to possess himself ofrising ground on the left of General Gatess position,and from that eminence, with his artillery to enfiladehis line of defences and under cover of as near acannonade as could be made, to storm with his co-lumns of infantry the whole left of the American en-campment. To favour this operation, he detached asmall body of regulars, loyalists and savages, to makea detour around our left, and take a position in therear of our encampment, and attack the left as soonas he commenced his operations on the flank. On this day, Major Hull again commanded theadvanced guard in front of the left wing of the Ame-rican army. His guard consisted of about two hun-dred and fifty men. He was in a situation to ob- »
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LIFE OF GENERAL WILLIAM HULL. 101 serve the enemys movement, and sent frequentintelligence to General Gates, that every dispositionof the enemys forces indicated a serious attack thatafternoon on our left. About twelve oclock, General Burgoyne com-menced his march from his encampment. A part ofArnolds wing and Morgans corps of riflemen wereordered to meet and attack him. The other part ofArnolds wing, with a part of the right, commandedby General Lincoln, were ordered to advance towardsthe enemys lines and endeavour to cut off the com-munication between Burgoyne and the remainder ofhis army, which had been left for the security of hisencampment, and likewise to repel any bodies of theenemy advancing from that quarter. As General Burgoyne approached, he passed theguard commanded by Major Huil, at the distance ofabout a quarter of a mile. The three regiments ofArnolds division had advanced within a small distanceon the left of Major Hulls position. He receivedorders from General Arnoldrevolutionaryser00camp

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