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Merry Hearts Make Light Days (The War of 1812 Journal of Lt. John LeCouteur, 104th Foot). Donald E. Graves. Carlton University Press, Ottawa, Canada, 1993. P.80. "On one occasion at Fredericton, a Private of the Light Company had offended deeply. He was condemned to receive three hundred lashes...

Merry Hearts Make Light Days (The War of 1812 Journal of Lt. John LeCouteur, 104th Foot). Donald E. Graves. Carlton University Press, Ottawa, Canada, 1993. P.80. "The punishments at this period, throughout the British army, were tremendous in the extreme. Our worthy Colonel was rather averse to...

Source: Documentary History of the Campaign Upon the Niagara Frontier in 1813. Part V, January to June, 1813. Lt. Col. E. Cruikshank. Tribune Office, Welland. 1902. P. 86. "District General Order. FORT GEORGE, 3rd March, 1813. (No. 3.) His Excellency the Commander of the Forces has been pleased...

Source: Canadian Archives, Q. 121, p. 106. "Sir George Prevost to Earl Bathurst. NIAGARA, 27th February, 1813. My Lord:- In my despatch No.44, which I had the honour of addressing to Your Lordship on the 16th inst., I reported the close of the session of the Provincial Parliament and my intenti...

Dave, When you can, could you please answer these questions for me: 1) Are the "wings" on your jackets Black Tufts or black (cloth) wings or green (cloth) wings? 2) How many buttons per row for Pte jacket? 3) How many buttons per row on Junior Officer jacket? 4) Are the buttons on your off...

Source: Niles's Weekly Register, Baltimore, Md., 6th March, 1813, Volume 4,p.9. "Colonel Macomb, Commanding at Sackett's Harbor, to Major-General Dearborn. SACKETT's HARBOR, 9 a.m., Feb. 23, 1813. SIR,-I have this moment received an express from Captain Forsyth informing me of the enemies havin...

Source: Poulson's American Daily Advertiser of Philadelphia; February 27th, 1813 (Extract from a Letter from Ogdensburg). "Before 7 o'clock I saw a company of about 150 men crossing above our village, and another of about double that number below, directly across from Prescott towards the lower...

Source: American State Papers, Military Affairs, volume 1. "Captain Benjamin Forsyth to Colonel Macomb. February 22, 1813. SIR, - I have only time to inform you that the enemy, with a very superior force, succeeded in taking Ogdensburg this morning about nine o'clock. They had about two men to ...

Dave, You certainly make a very good point. I wonder, then, if the samples that you suggest may have been sent here were numerous? Wouldn't it be interesting to find out that a particularly large number of 95th tunics were sent here to Canada to sustain the Glengarries while their own tunice were be...

This is a row of fallen trees and or tree-trunks complete with roots. They are usually of considerable size. The stems are bound together and picketed downward while the branches are pointed outward and usually interlaced.

These are strong gates that are placed in such a way as to secure the entrance to any given work.

This is a work that consists of one or more bastions or redans and it is constructed on a river bank and it is meant to cover a bridge in order to protect a retiring army when they are crossing the river. It can also be used to "check" an enemy when pressing upon it.

Simply mean to be "loop-holed".

This is what the first group of ramparts and parapets used to enclose a 'place' are referred to.

It is an entrenchment which has been constructed in a big hurry in a breach or outerwork that has been captured. It is done in order to maintain the position and, hopefully, keep it from being recaptured.